Product Details
COLT
A .38 (SPECIAL) FACTORY ENGRAVED 'POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL' SIX-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER, serial no. 460826 for 1938,
4in. barrel, large gilt bead fore-sight, blued King's 'Cockeyed Hammer' with bright sides, blued chequered trigger with blued Benshaw grooved trigger-shoe, the whole with Grade B scroll engraving and retaining virtually all its original blued finish, mother of pearl grips each with 'COLT' medallion, in a factory carton.
Other Notes: Certificate in lieu of proof marks.
King is regarded as perhaps the first of the Colt custom gunsmiths, mechanically improving upon the factory standard product.
Estimate £2,500-3,000
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