The sights are easy to see and fast to align, somewhat of a rarity on handguns of that era. Early Police Positives had checkered hard rubber stocks with.
First Serial Number of Each Year 32, 32-20, 38 COLT, 38-40, 44 Russian. 32-20 W.C.F." While the forward-curving grip frame felt a bit odd in my hand at first, it is a finely made and-thanks in great part to the longer barrel-well-balanced revolver. 38 S&W appeared, which was numbered in its own sequence. 32 double-action frame introduced in 1893, the classic Police Positive was. It has a 6-inch barrel marked "POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL. Army Revolvers w/serial numbers above 165,000 (circa 1896) are adapted to smokeless. The cylinder locks up as tight as a new gun, and the DA trigger pull is more than acceptable. Shooting Master Colt Police Positive Target. 38 Serial Number 3 serial number on the frame. Just a slight cut is present on the right side at the top right of the stock. Most of the cutaway is to the left side of the revolver. 32-20 Police Positive Special made in 1916 that is in very-good-plus condition. Inc: Description: Serial number range 11,000-12,500 Handgun Type: Revolver - Caliber: The Colt Police Positive 38 Special configured to sell in the. Where is the serial number on a Colt Police Positive 38 Early Colt Police Positive Serial Number 3 with 4 barrel right side. My brother Vincent's apparently bottomless gun collection contains a. In the postwar years the modified Police Positive Special Second Model and Third Model were introduced, but sales were poor, and increased competition from S&W saw them dropped in 1978 after approximately 650,000 had left the factory. Production was severely curtailed during World War II, and eventually it was discontinued in 1946.
The only significant cosmetic change to the series occurred around 1926 when the grip frame was shortened slightly.