Posted: 1/6/2026 10:15:43 PM EDT
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  My grand dad's police positive. Handed down to me from my dad. 38 S&W, an old Atlantic City PD trade in. I was messing with it and it wasn't quite timing right in single action. I remember my dad catching some lead splatter shooting a gun when I was a kid and I think this is what he was shooting. Stripped it down last night and cleaned the gunk out, seems to be working fine now. |
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Originally Posted By TN-MadDog: Nice! It appears to be in pretty good condition. I have a couple S&W revolvers that are close to that age. One belonged to my grandmother and one to a great uncle. They are not in that good condition though. Hard to see but there is a small chunk missing off the heel of the left grip panel. That is about the worst I can say about it. |
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Recently picked up a Colt Police Positive Special in .32 New Police (.32 S&W Long) at a local gun show. I'm toying with the idea of reaming the cylinder so I can shoot .32 H&R Magnums in it. I've done this to a couple of Charter Arms Undercoverettes and they function fine. But for now I'm enjoying running my .32 S&W Long handloads through it. Gary |
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I've got the same gun, from 1920's (I forgot which exact year) but in nickel. My grandpa got it as a personally owned service pistol when he was a deputy here in FL back in the 50's. Never shot it but I really want to. Any good smiths for these old Colts? Anyone can re-nickel? |
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It's been reblued at least once, and the grips are from a more expensive Colt model like a Target model, or were a special order. The early walnut grips are themselves worth money to a collector. The original grips would have been hard black rubber with molded in checkering and Colt logos. But a nice Colt from the days when you didn't F**K with the cops, it didn't end well for you. |
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Originally Posted By SxPxDx: I've got the same gun, from 1920's (I forgot which exact year) but in nickel. My grandpa got it as a personally owned service pistol when he was a deputy here in FL back in the 50's. Never shot it but I really want to. Any good smiths for these old Colts? Anyone can re-nickel? Refinishing these old classics is almost universally a very bad idea. Even an old colt with beat up finish that has a value of let’s say $400, you pay $300+ for a top notch refinish now the gun is worth $300. Refinishing always decreases the value on old classics. Also with these older guns a damaged or misplaced part during the process can be hard to replace. Regarding gunsmiths decent revolver smiths for even more modern S&W’s are tough to find. A competent Colt revolver gunsmith? Likely a unicorn at this point in time. |
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