Thursday, September 30, 2021

Finally!

I've always wanted a Colt revolver I could shoot. I have the Python that Old Paco handed down to me, but it's a special edition with gold engraving and various other flourishes and isn't really meant as a range gun.  The other day, I was checking the Armslist inventory at my Wilmington dealer, Heritage Guns, and I found that they had a Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W (not to be confused with .38 Special, a more powerful cartridge; the .38 S&W was the chambering used in the manufacture of many Colts that were exported to Great Britain and the commonwealth countries). Mrs. Paco and I were in Wilmington this afternoon on other business, so we stopped by and I bought the revolver. The gun is in great condition, with very minimal wear, clean chambers, and excellent rifling in the barrel. The cylinder locks up tight, and the front of the cylinder has just a little powder residue. 

I looked up the serial number and this firearm appears to have been manufactured in 1926. It came with a holster, which may have been original issue, or perhaps just period correct (it's an antique Audley holster, with a patent date of March 7th, 1908).

It might be a week or so before I can take this out to the range; I have to order the ammo (fortunately, it's available from several sources). Can't wait!





10 comments:

  1. Sweet! Looks like a good shooter?

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  2. Make that “!”, please.

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  3. I haven't shot it yet, so your inadvertent use of a question mark might actually be more appropriate!

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  4. Now you can head to the range with the gun & holster and practice your quick draw till you're as fast as Raylan Givens! :-)

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  5. I don't know; Givens is pretty fast. Although Boone came close to snuffing out his candle there at the end.

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  6. I just got home and can see it on my laptop, that's a nice table too!

    As for fast, Jess Harper is the fastest I've seen.
    Much faster than Paladin and Marshall Dillon.

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  7. The background is a leather desk pad that belonged to my late father-in-law, something he brought with him when he moved the family from Chile to the U.S.

    Jess Harper, huh? I recollect catching some episodes from the Laramie series when I lived in Northern Virginia. Robert Fuller is still living; 88 years young.

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  8. I think the Raylan and Boone faceoff is better that most of the gunfights in the old westerns. If you haven't seen it, here it is.
    The only thing missing is the history leading up to the final showdown. I guess you'll have to watch at least the last season of Justified for that.

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  9. To me, Boon was one of the scariest bad guys in the Justified series: smirking death, ice cold eyes with no flicker of compassion, although occasionally flashing a gleam of interest, utterly lacking in fear or any other human emotion.

    He carried a stainless steel single action revolver, which I had always assumed was a Ruger New Vaquero; however, when I looked it up online, the gun is said to have been a Colt SAA (which I think the company was still manufacturing at the time, but in very irregular production runs - and selling for extremely high prices).

    I've now watched the series twice, all the way through. One of the best lawman vs. outlaw programs ever.

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