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Colt Police Positive-revolver in .32 Colt New Police with a 6" barrel. This is a right-handed model. The Police Positive Special was an iterative improvement of Colt's earlier Police Positive model, the only differences being a slightly lengthened cylinder and elongated and strengthened frame to allow the chambering of the longer, more powerful .32-20 Winchester and .38 Special cartridges. [3]
The Colt Police Positive Special was an iterative improvement of Colt's earlier Police Positive model, the only differences being a slightly lengthened cylinder and elongated and strengthened frame to allow the chambering of the longer, more powerful .32-20 Winchester and .38 Special cartridges.
The Colt New Police is a double-action, six-shot revolver (which can also be fired single action). This gun was chambered in the .32 New Police, which is very similar to the .32 S&W Long . [ 1 ] In addition to the .32 New Police cartridge, the revolver was available in 32 Colt.
The Official Police was machined of fine carbon steel, with blued or nickel-plated finishes, and was offered in 4, 5 and 6 inches (100, 130 and 150 mm) barrels.Built on Colt's .41 or "E" frame, it was manufactured in a variety of chamberings, including .22 LR, .32-20 (discontinued in 1942), .41 Long Colt (discontinued in 1938), and the most common and popular, the .38 Special.
Colt Detective Special: Colt's Manufacturing Company.32 Colt New Police.38 Colt New Police.38 Special: 6 United States: 1927-1986, 1993-1995 Colt Diamondback: Colt's Manufacturing Company.22 LR.22 WMR.38 Special: 6 United States: 1966–1988 Colt Dragoon: Colt's Manufacturing Company.44 inch ball 6 United States: 1848–1860 Colt House Revolver
The Colt New Service was introduced in 1898. It was an up-sized and strengthened Colt M1892 and Colt Firearms first large caliber revolver with a swing-out hand ejector cylinder. It was made in the popular large caliber revolver cartridges of the day: .38-40, .44-40, .44 Russian, .44 Special, .45 Colt, .450 Boxer, .455 Webley, and .476 Enfield ...
Colt Police Positive Special; Colt Python; Colt Single Action Army; Colt Trooper; Colt Walker; F. FitzGerald Special; M. M1917 Revolver
The Colt company referred to the .32 S&W Long cartridge as the .32 "Colt's New Police" cartridge, concurrent with the conversion of the Colt New Police revolver from .32 Long Colt. The cartridges are functionally identical with the exception that the .32 NP cartridge has been historically loaded with a flat nosed bullet as opposed to the round ...