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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 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.
Sporting Colt's standard hard rubber grips, it was offered with barrel lengths of 2.5 (available only in .32 caliber), 4, 5, and 6 inches, and was chambered for the .32 Long Colt (it would also accept the .32 Short Colt), .32 Colt New Police, and .38 Colt New Police cartridges. [1] [2] [3] [6] Checkered Walnut grips became standard after 1923.
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]
Pages in category ".38 Special firearms" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Colt Officer's Model (revolver) Colt Official Police;
Fitzgerald developed his snubnosed revolver concept around the mid-1920s, when as an employee for Colt Firearms, he converted a .38 Special Colt Police Positive Special revolver, into his first Fitz Special. [5] He later converted two .45 Colt New Service revolvers in the same manner, [6] and was known to carry the pair in his front pockets.
Fitz Special. John Henry Fitzgerald, an employee of Colt Firearms from 1918 to 1944, first came up with the Fitz Special snubnosed revolver concept around the mid-1920s, when he modified a .38 Special Colt Police Positive Special revolver, [5] by shortening the barrel to two inches (5.1 cm), shortening the ejector rod, bobbing the hammer spur, rounding the butt, and removing the front half of ...
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