These were slow sellers when they were in the catalog. Or are really out of date at this point. Hard to figure something they do really well. There are better choices available. Yet I have them anyway. I guess they're just fun.
Near the end of production on this one (dropped in 1978). I suspect it was used by a northern New Jersey PD but I can't prove it. Was wearing Pachs when I got it around 1989 but I had a set of correct M58 stocks I had picked up at a show for $5. Paid $189 for it.
Another probable police revolver, sold in Texas by a shop that supplied local cops. Sold in 1960 the serial suggests a 1956 manufacture date. These set in inventory once the Combat Magnum came out. Whomever bought it carried it a lot. I took high revolver with it in a combat match a few years back. Got it at a show in Denver for $195.
The Colt Army Special is built on what's called the 41 caliber frame so it's a pretty hefty gun. The little 32-20 seems petite in it. This one had the barrel cut back to 3" (my guess is the barrel was bulged as I have seen many 32 WCFs with bulged barrels for some reason). Priced at $159 I couldn't leave it behind. It's a hoot.
Saw this on a table at a local show tagged $100 because the action was frozen. As I guessed, it was gummed up with dried grease. Worked fine after a solvent rinse. I have a couple guns in 38 S&W and reload the caliber so ammo is no problemo.
I like the top break revolvers (see the 1943 Enfield above). Wanted an H&R 22 for a long time. Snagged this at a show for a buck and half because of some finish loss on the barrel. Shoots very well for its age (1941).
Near the end of production on this one (dropped in 1978). I suspect it was used by a northern New Jersey PD but I can't prove it. Was wearing Pachs when I got it around 1989 but I had a set of correct M58 stocks I had picked up at a show for $5. Paid $189 for it.
Another probable police revolver, sold in Texas by a shop that supplied local cops. Sold in 1960 the serial suggests a 1956 manufacture date. These set in inventory once the Combat Magnum came out. Whomever bought it carried it a lot. I took high revolver with it in a combat match a few years back. Got it at a show in Denver for $195.
The Colt Army Special is built on what's called the 41 caliber frame so it's a pretty hefty gun. The little 32-20 seems petite in it. This one had the barrel cut back to 3" (my guess is the barrel was bulged as I have seen many 32 WCFs with bulged barrels for some reason). Priced at $159 I couldn't leave it behind. It's a hoot.
Saw this on a table at a local show tagged $100 because the action was frozen. As I guessed, it was gummed up with dried grease. Worked fine after a solvent rinse. I have a couple guns in 38 S&W and reload the caliber so ammo is no problemo.
I like the top break revolvers (see the 1943 Enfield above). Wanted an H&R 22 for a long time. Snagged this at a show for a buck and half because of some finish loss on the barrel. Shoots very well for its age (1941).
