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. ġ905 advertisement for Colt's new Police Positive. 32 New Police version appears to be the most sought after and valuable. A Second issue was sold from 1926 to 1941 and differed from the First in that it had a slightly heftier frame which upped the weight to 26 ounces also Colt's nickel finish was offered as an option. 32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long) chamberings, the First issue of this model featured an adjustable open iron sighted 6 inch barrel and was marketed from 1910 to 1925, with checked Walnut grips replacing the rubber ones after 1923. Weighing 22 ounces and available with a blued finish and black hard rubber grips in. 32 Colt New Police on the barrel are chambered for. 32 S&W Long/.32 Colt New Police made in 1938.Ĭolt Police Positive revolvers marked with Colt D.A.32 on the barrel are chambered for. 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. Intended to address deficiencies of earlier models such as the Single Action Army, the Positive Lock prevented an accidental discharge even if the hammer was struck or the pistol was dropped, allowing the revolver to be safely carried with all six chambers loaded. Ĭolt's Positive Lock safety, the innovation responsible for the gun's introduction, functioned by preventing the firing pin from striking the primer of the cartridge unless the trigger was deliberately pulled.
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38 S&W with the bullet noses flattened, as Colt resisted providing its main competitor with any free advertising. Both of Colt's “New Police” rounds were actually slight redesigns of existing S&W cartridges, the. The Second issue began in 1928 and ran until 1947, adding a somewhat heavier frame as well as a serrated topstrap to reduce sight glare, while retaining the wooden grips. Checkered Walnut grips became standard after 1923. 32 caliber), 4, 5, and 6 inches, and was chambered for the. Sporting Colt's standard hard rubber grips, it was offered with barrel lengths of 2.5 (available only in. The First issue of the Police Positive ran from the revolver's introduction in 1907 until 1927. The Police Positive was made of carbon steel, and was finished with either a polished blued finish or nickel-plated. 38 Police Positive with walnut grips and a 4-inch barrel, manufactured in 1929 in June 2011 a private collector sold it at Christie's for the sum of £67,250/$109,080/€75,656. American gangster Al Capone also used a Police Positive, a nickel.
32 calibre was used by Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey in Death Wish. Ī nickel Police Positive with pearl grips and. The Positive was itself incrementally modified in 1908, forming the basis for Colt's Police Positive Special model. The Police Positive was very successful along with the Colt Official Police it dominated the law enforcement firearms market in the early 1900s. In its advertising Colt proclaimed that "All Colt cylinders TURN TO THE RIGHT", and suggested that the Colt design forced the cylinder crane up against the frame, resulting in tighter lockup with less play and better chamber to barrel alignment, thus markedly increasing accuracy. Ever a canny competitor in the firearms industry, Colt missed no opportunity to score points over its arch rival, and began a marketing campaign which accentuated this detail. The cylinder of the Police Positive rotated in the clockwise direction, the opposite of firearms maker Smith & Wesson's competing models. Colt named this new security device the "Positive Lock", and its nomenclature ended up being incorporated as a partial namesake for the new revolver. The Colt Police Positive was an improvement of Colt's earlier " New Police" revolver, upgraded with an internal hammer block safety.
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