Texas Highway Patrol Colt New Service

[Sydney Fox]

hi , does anyone know anything concerning the Colt New Service revolvers in .38 special issued to the Texas Highway Patrol before WW2 , all I know at this time is they had 4 inch barrels, made in .38 special , were nickel square butts with lanyard , please post a response , many thanks, syd

 

[Coyote3855]

If you Google Colt New Service Texas Highway Patrol, a lot of stuff comes up. I wasn't in the mood to sort through it all.

 

[Blacksmoke]

"The officers rode Harley-Davidson motorcycles and were issued factory-nickel-plated Colt New Service revolvers in .38 Special caliber. The pistols had TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL stamped on the backstrap. Once the pistols were removed from the state's inventory and sold on the open market the TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL stamping was ground off, leaving a strip of bare metal down the backstrap. These pistols--easily identified by the ground-off bare spot on the backstrap--are highly collectible today."
-http://www.texasescapes.com/CFEckhardt/Short-Life-of-the-Texas-Highway-Patrol.htm

This was 1933. Flathead Harleys and Colt NS six guns. How much fun can a guy stand?!!?

 

[Sydney Fox]

hi guys , I have one of the late ones shipped approx. 1940 and re nickel ed , will try and post some pictures , wonder what holsters were issued with these fine old sixguns , ??
maybe tio sam myers ??

 

[eastbank]

one of the motorcycle officers here used a full flap holster on a sam brown rig. i knew him in his later years and he had a picture on a wall in his house sitting on the motor cycle. he was a fine shot. eastbank.

 

[Blacksmoke]

hi guys , I have one of the late ones shipped approx. 1940 and re nickel ed , will try and post some pictures , wonder what holsters were issued with these fine old sixguns , ??
maybe tio sam myers ??

Please post pics.