Old Heirloom Colts

[Gordon]

The New Police Pocket Positive 3" is labeled .32 S&W Long (Old Fuff remarked Colt held their nose for that!) this gun was used by an NYPD detective in the 20s and 30s for a back up to the 5" barrel Police Positive Special in .38 Special. The .38 is very accurate and dead on at 15 yards with standard 158 grain ammo BTW.
The Army Special was used out West here by a Carmel Valley Rancher in the days past and I have his 1892 Winchester 32-20 rifle also.For some reason the bullets keyhole at 25 yards from each, but still hit the mark!

The G model Police Positive Target is in .22 WRF and is very accurate. I used to shoot it quite a bit with it's matching caliber 1890 Winchester .22 pump. I still have a couple bricks of ammo and shoot it for nostalgia although the 45 grain flat point at 1000fps from the revolver and 1400fps from the rifle are real killers on small game up to about 50 pounds.
Guess ou can say I like those old rococo guta percha gripped colts!

 

[Hostile Amish]

If you re-finished them I'm sure they would look a lot better.

 

[Ruodo]

If he had them refinished they would lose all collectors value though.

 

[Gordon]

Actually most of the blue is on them, and almost all of the fireblue on triggers ect. The light was weird, first clear afternoon in a month and I'm not a good photographer

 

[Pork Fat]

I would wear the bluing off just pulling them out and looking at them all the time.

 

[raveneap]

Beautiful Colts . Don't touch a thing re: refinishing. They've earned their right to show their age.

 

[XavierBreath]

The old Colt revolvers are truely one of the best kept secrets among handgun collectors. Smith & Wessons have esclalated recently, to the point that many folks can't afford them. Meanwhile, Colts have remained stable price wise.

I'm not certain why that is, they are some of the finest hand crafted revolvers of their time. Colt no longer makes double action revolvers.

Here's a couple of mine.

 

[Old Fuff]

Smith & Wessons have esclalated recently, to the point that many folks can't afford them. Meanwhile, Colts have remained stable price wise.

I'm not certain why that is, they are some of the finest hand crafted revolvers of their time. Colt no longer makes double action revolvers.

First of all, much of the market has turned toward Polymer hi-cap pistols.

Second, there are far more research books available on Smith & Wesson's then Colt's when it comes to double-action/hand ejector revolvers. Collector interest is often directed by the availability of information, either in books or on the Internet.

Third, many shooters are turned off by stories about how these revolvers easily go out of time, and the difficulity of getting them fixed.

... they (Colt's) are some of the finest hand crafted revolvers of their time.

Very true, but don't tell anybody...

 

[Black Knight]

I would not re-finish them at all. Right now from what I can see they have honest wear on them. This has given them character. Imagine the stories they could tell. Re-finishing them could remove that character.

 

[Old Fuff]

You will lose more then character.

Those revolvers are either charcoal blued or gas-oven blued. Those finishes can't be replaced or exactly dublicated.

 

[Phydeaux642]

The light was weird, first clear afternoon in a month and I'm not a good photographer

Clear afternoons are the worst time to take a photograph. Cloudy days with diffuse light are the best.

 

[Big Daddy Grim]

Very nice but I only own one I am very sad now.