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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 revolver's sights consisted of a half-moon blade front with a fixed iron open rear sight, which was a simple V-notch shaped groove milled into the revolver's topstrap. [2] Colt Police Positive caliber .32 S&W Long/.32 Colt New Police made in 1938. Colt Police Positive revolvers marked with Colt D.A..32 on
The revolver is a 'Break Action' self-extracting revolver [4] and uses the .32 Smith & Wesson Long (7.65mm x 23mm) cartridge. [5] It is based on the Webley Mk IV.38 S&W revolver, specifically the Singapore Police Force version with a safety catch. The smaller caliber was chosen so that it would be legal for civilian ownership under Indian law.
Colt New Police Revolver: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.32 Colt New Police: 6 United States: 1896-1907 Colt New Service: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.45 Colt.455 Webley.476 Enfield.45 ACP.44-40 WCF.44 Special.38-40.38 Special.357 Magnum: 6 United States: 1898-1946 Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver: Colt's Patent ...
Although the .32 Long Colt and .32 S&W Long appear to be similar, the two are not interchangeable due to the case and neck diameter being much narrower on the .32 Long Colt. More popular in Europe than North America, Colt was the most prominent American manufacturer which chambered any weapons in .32 Long Colt, [2] most notably the Police Positive.
The first variant, the Officer's Model Target appeared in 1904 as a Premium model more focused on sport shooting than on common use, it was produced in 7.94 mm (.32) and 9 mm (.38) calibers, with barrels whose lengths ranged from 4 in (101.6 mm) to 7.5 in (190.5 mm), with 6 in (152.4 mm) being the most common.
The Colt New Service was a popular revolver with British officers and many of them had privately purchased their own Colt New Service revolvers in the years prior to World War I as an alternative to the standard-issue Webley Revolver. British Empire and Canadian forces received 60,000 Colt New Service revolvers during World War I and they ...
Colt used a combination of renting the Whitney firm's facilities and subcontracting parts to the firm to continue his pursuit of revolver manufacture. [10] Colt's new revolvers found favor with Texan volunteers (the progenitors of later Texas Rangers cavalry groups), and they placed an order for 1,000 revolvers that became known as the Colt ...