Colt Aprox value ?

[Mutt]

I have a Police Postive ..38 special. CTG nickle , 399XXX
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..............Pic's aren't avalible . Nickle has numorus tiny , tiny scratches . A cloth designed for nickle would
peobably clean it up prety good. It has been used to " exteriminate" two outlaws . Three rounds. The only shots
ever fired in this gun.
I've been involved some what in personal infomation on it's history .

[Collects]

Mutt, if the killing of two outlaws was a family matter, you should keep the gun in your family due to its family history.

The tiny scratches on nickel plated guns are easily removed by polishing with Flitz and a microfiber cloth. Do a search for details, as we often discuss Flitz here. A nicely polished PPS will sell for more than the same gun, not polished. It will take some hours to do a nice polish job.

Around here (Ohio), assuming high condition, your 1930-manufactured PPS (Second Issue) would probably sell for $400 - $500, a bit more with the original box and papers.

Here is the Blue Book 32nd Ed. entry:

POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL (FIRST ISSUE)

- .32-20 WCF, .32 New Police, .38 New Police, or .38 Spl. cal., 4, 5, or 6 in. barrels, has a square butt and longer frame and cylinder to handle .38 Special and .32-20 WCF, fixed sights, frame longer to permit longer cylinder, denoted by 1905 last patent date on top of barrel, longer frame and smooth top strap, rubber grips. Mfg. 1907-27.

Grading	100%	98%	95%	90%	80%	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%	20%	10%
	$800	$650	$450	$325	$300	$275	$250	$225	$200	$185	$175	$165

POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL (SECOND ISSUE)

- similar to Police Postitive Special (First Issue), except has 1926 last patent date on top of barrel, wood grips only, smooth (early mfg.) or checkered (later mfg.) trigger, and serrated top strap. Mfg. 1928-46.

Grading	100%	98%	95%	90%	80%	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%	20%	10%
	$800	$650	$450	$325	$300	$275	$250	$225	$200	$185	$175	$165

[MtnSpur]

Late 1930, not particularly rare. Without pictures it's a crap shoot. The story, well, unless it killed Dillinger.......I dunno. Just the revolver or does it have the original box and paperwork. PPS' go anywhere from a couple hundred to 3 or 4 times that but are usually MINT. I guess where I'm going with this is, hard to tell without clear detailed pictures.

[ar15ed]

condition is everything! and the originality of the finish is just as important, especially on a gun that isn't particularly rare. a genuinely spectacular original-finish gun could command a lot of cash, but just a tad too much wear, and it might not be worth 1/3 as much. same with a refinish. a bunch of really nice pics are a bare minimum necessity for any kind of estimate.