How is this for 150$

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Yes it’s a Colt.
Purchased this off of a neighbor. He knows I'm into guns and since he is moving he didn’t want to take it along. He called me up tonight and asked if I wanted it. I pulled up prices on gunsamerica and showed him my gun value book from 2011. He said that all he wanted was what he paid for it.
150$
He bought it used back in the 60's.
The cylinder had some bluing damage from being in a holster for so long, the barrel and chambers look new and the trigger is, well it’s a colt. SN 7456XX
Also two boxes of round nose jacketed 38’s.
 

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The purists will no doubt engage a sorceress to put a curse on my progeny unto the seventh generation, but I'd seriously consider sending it to Colt to be refinished.
 
Not to toot my own horn (well. maybe just a little) but that's all I paid for my pre-27 Smith about 6 months ago (serial # says late '52 or early '53 production).......and yours is still a nice find.
 
Yes Mike. Official police.
There is some finish damage on one side of the cylinder and along the top strap there are two very small arias of rust that I have cleaned with CLP and it only left a very small amount of pitting.
But as for refinish, no I would keep it original. Old guns should be kept old and in original condition.
I was surprised at the two boxes of rounds. Jacketed round nose in 38. I don’t know when I saw that combination last. The box is marked “Olin corp, ball caliber .38 M41”.
The marking on the cases is WCC 64
 
Those cartridges are the very anemic military loading, originally developed for the M12 Aircrewman all aluminum revolver.

130 gr. bullet at about 50 feet per second...

Even then it was too powerful, and the guns with the aluminum cylinders had to be scrapped.
 
The purists will no doubt engage a sorceress to put a curse on my progeny unto the seventh generation, but I'd seriously consider sending it to Colt to be refinished.
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In addition to purists, the people with common sense will also disagree with you. The cost of a Colt refinish is well over $300 and apparently the bad spots on this gun can't be that bad or very big because they're not shown in the photo. The "wear" that you might think you see is glare from the photo. If you take the $150 he spent, pay for a colt refnish, say $300 even, you will have a gun thats worth about $300 so on top of being refinished, its a poor financial decision because in the end, its a waste. As far as Official Polices go, that is actually a pretty good one. It has original grips as well. I like it esp for $150.

Coltrock?
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I think he meant colt-wood as in plastic. These grips were only on guns for about 4 or 5 years starting after WWII.
 
The "wear" that you might think you see is glare from the photo.
No, its the bluing that has been damaged by the leather holster it sat in for the past 25 years and not flash from the camira.
 
You can see from the photos the damage to the cylinder from being in the holster for so long. They are 180 deg. across from each other and where they were touching the holster.
This gun had not been handled or removed from the holster for over 25 years which was only a guess by the owner.
When I first saw it I didn’t really expect much. The barrel had been shot a long time ago and never cleaned. It was in horrible condition.
When I got home with it the first thing I did was to clean it. I was shocked how good the barrel and cylinder are. It looks as good as any of my N frame S&W’s.
The other thing I liked about the gun was that all the screws in the frame and grip have never been touched by a screw driver
I like the gun, I like the history of the gun (from what I have read) and I will keep it as a piece of history and not just another refinished gun.
Refinishing the gun never even crossed my mind.
And I agree and disagree with Winchester73. The financial decision wouldn’t stop me, I could afford to refinish it multiple of time. But I agree with him that it is a pretty good one. It’s better as is.
Thanks Winchester 73
 

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And I agree and disagree with Winchester73. The financial decision wouldn’t stop me, I could afford to refinish it multiple of time.
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The question is not whether someone could afford a refinish, its rather in this case of it being a smart expenditure of money, which it is not. Any person can waste $100 whether its a prince or a pauper, in the end, its still a waste of money.

No, its the bluing that has been damaged by the leather holster it sat in for the past 25 years and not flash from the camira.
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Actually, there appears glare from light, not the camera. There are perfectly straight white lines on the barrel, and cylinder in all photos which is not how guns wear. This is glare from the light, and what I was talking about originally. I know it when I see it because I photograph a lot of guns. There is also glare from the grips which make them look like they have white on 2 portions in the first photo. It can be hard to avoid the glare, esp when pics are taken indoors.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Aguila- why would you want to refinish it? The finish is all there, and in great shape.
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Compared to my Detective Special, the finish in the photo provided of this gun is neither all there nor in great shape.
 
You stole it!! Nice gun....they are no longer made (colt DA revolvers) And will only go up in value. Shoot the snot out of it. One of the finest actions ever made.
 
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