Price Check: Colt Pocket Positive

Webleymkv

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Hey everyone, I happened to stop by a local pawn shop today and they have a very nice Colt Pocket Positive for $400. It seems to be in excellent condition with what I'd estimate to be 95% or better bluing (the yellow paint in the lettering on the barrel is still intact though a bit faded) and original hard rubber grips with no perceivable chips or cracks. The action locks up tight (typical old Colt bank-vault lockup), timing seems perfect, and the bore is great.

The caliber stamp is ".32 Police Ctg." which, as far as I've been able to discern, was Colt's designation for .32 S&W Long (they refused to put a competitor's name on their guns). It appears to have a 4" barrel but, on such a petite gun, it could be shorter and still have the proportions that a 4" tube would have on a larger revolver. While I know enough to be dangerous, I'm admittedly not as up on Colt revolvers as I am on S&W's, so what to the Colt people think? Is this a good price, average, or high?
 
$400 sounds like a fair price for the gun you describe. I'm a Colt fan and I would definitely buy it if I ran across it, but even if your not I still think it's a good gun to get. :)
 
I agree on the price.* I would probably not buy that little gun for serious purposes, but those nice old Colts are not being made any more and any gun person can take real pride in just owning one.

*Always try to get them down a bit. Offer $350 and see what happens.
Jim
 
Nice pocket revolver. I had one years ago and then sold it just because I had no use for it and I didn't want to collect it. Asking price seems about right.
 
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