Email: info@collectorsfirearms.com, 7626 Westheimer @ Voss When the U.S. became a belligerent in World War II, the Army recalled all of the modern weapons, such as the M1911A, from the National Guard and then later equipped the various state units with nonstandard guns such as older model revolvers and a series of 12-gauge pump-action shotguns. Toll Free: (877)214-9327E-mail:Contact Us, Free Ground Shipping on all US Online Orders Over $100, Toll Free: (877) 214-9327 This made the Colt Official Police Revolver rather expensive and slow to produce.
The revolver’s inclusion in the realm of World War II handgun ordnance remains an ongoing curiosity almost 75 years after the firearm’s introduction. It proved very popular and over 1.5 million were produced in several models by the time production finally ended in 1986. .38, 1899 serial number 122589, is it special? Case.

Ground Shipping on all U.S. Online Orders Over $100, Toll Free: (877) 214-9327E-mail: info@collectorsfirearms.com. The Army Ordnance Department was concerned about this, and CMC decided to make changes to the Official Police model to save both money and time in its manufacture. Colt revolvers were the most popular law enforcement handgun in the world with the Official Police revolver being emblematic in that role among municipal and state police forces, becoming a huge commercial success for the CMC. In 1846, during the Mexican War, Colt designed a new revolver prototype that was further revised by Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker. I have a colt d.a. Concurrent with revolver manufacturing, there was an overriding need for the M1911A1, and this, too, was occupying much of the CMC factory’s time. These production requisites hastened the development of the initial Commando prototype, which was shipped by CMC to the War Department on September 21, 1942, with an Official Police serial number 717520. Click the button below to add the Colt SF-VI .38 Special (C15907) to your wish list.
That cartridge has the same dimensions as the .38 S&W case but used a 200 grain (later a 180 FMJ bullet) at about 650 fps. I have searched the internet for info but come up short. What is the value of this gun? During both world wars, CMC delivered approximately 2.5 million M1911 and M1911A1 semiautomatic pistols to the U.S. government alone. The term “.38 Colt Special” is nothing more than the .38 Smith & Wesson (S&W) Special cartridge, which was produced in 1899 and was a more powerful shell than the .38 Long Colt, with a different headstamp.

The Colt Detective Special was an American DA/SA revolver first produced in 1927 as a shortened version of the Police Positive Special handgun. Retail prices may be 20% higher: New in box/perfect --100% $ 1850. The .38 Short Colt (.38 SC) / .38 Short Center Fire (.38 SCF) was a heeled bullet cartridge intended for metallic cartridge conversions of the cap and ball Colt 1851 Navy Revolver from the American Civil War era. It's not really something you can ask out right, as there is not a definite answer. The initial order for 2,500 Official Police .38 caliber revolvers with four-inch barrels was given by the DSC to the CMC just four days after the Pearl Harbor attack. The necessity arose for the Colt Commando as the CMC was deluged with government orders for the M1911A1 pistol and other guns, and a desperate need developed to cut production time and costs in the manufacture line of the Official Police revolver. This revolver manufacturing pattern would repeat itself 25 years later, pertinent to the evolution of the Colt Commando, as World War II unfolded. These weapons bore British markings, were chambered for the .38/200 cartridge, and typically had five-inch barrels as well as a military-style lanyard ring on the butt of the handgun. With the success of the Colt Walker, Samuel Colt started yet another of his own business ventures in 1848, which seven years later became the Hartford, Connecticut-based Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, now shortened to Colt’s Manufacturing Company (CMC). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Colt worked closely with and profited from his relationship with the famous gun designer John Moses Browning, producing his many models of machine guns, the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), the Model 1903 and Model 1908 .45-caliber semiautomatic pistols and, the most famous .45-caliber Model 1911. Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: C15907 Weight: 0.00 LBS : Click to zoom. info@collectorsfirearms.com, Monday thru Saturday: 9am - 8pm The production of the Official Police revolver would be interrupted with the advent of the Colt Commando at the outbreak of World War II. | Choosing the M1911: The Military Service Replacement for the Revolver.

Thus, out of necessity, the M1917 revolver was developed as a substitute weapon. Rare stainless steel snub, made 1995-96 only. The rounds were popular back at the turn of the 19th century for use in pocket revolvers. The Defense Supplies Corporation (DSC) had the role of providing arms for these state military and nonmilitary personnel as the enormous war matériel-generating process after December 7, 1941, grew exponentially. Sell your COLT DA 38 for FREE today on GunsAmerica! Before U.S. entry into World War II, the Official Police model was bought by the U.S. Army to issue to military police.

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