Question on Colt Police Positive in .32 New Police...

[Mike Irwin]

Where would the serial number be located on one of these?

A coworker has one, and hasn't been able to find the serial number.

 

[4thHorseman]

Police positive

Mike, swing open the cylinder and check on the frame. It usually is there on most Colts.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Thanks, 4th.

I found out a few minutes ago that I jumped to a conclusion about this revolver's proper designation, based on what the ersatz owner told me (he's a liberal who don't know squap about guns; it's a family piece).

The barrel is marked Colt New Police .32, which makes it an earlier model.

I'll tell him to swing the cylinder out and check the frame for numbers.

 

[Tamara]

Colt New Police.

Ohhh. Those things are just cute as buttons. I remember an almost flawless one from our shop. It was one of those guns that I had decided to buy, went in to work that day, and it had sold the previous evening after I left.

I have a long list of guns that suffered that fate...

 

[James K]

Just for info, the .32 Colt New Police is the same as the .32 S&W Long. It is not the same as the .32 Colt Short and Long.

Jim

 

[Mike Irwin]

Jim,

Thanks for the info. That's the ONE thing about Colts that I do know.

I'm something of a student of ammo R&D and company marketing of ammo.