Ron

The answer is no. The New Pocket was introduced in 1893 and lacked the positive lock that Colt became famous for.

New Pocket


The Pocket Positive was in troduced in 1905 and did have the positive lock.

Pocket Positive


There was a transition period with the New Pocket to the Pocket Positive where it had the positive lock but the right side of the barrel was marked Pocket Positive. This happened above the S/N 30,000 range.

Transition model:




Note the Pocket Positive marked on the right side of the barrel:


The New Pockets were serialized on the butt as opposed to the crane area:


Cam

 

The answer is no.
The New Pocket was introduced in 1893 and lacked the positive lock that Colt became famous for.

The Pocket Positive was introduced in 1905 and did have the positive lock.
There was a transition period with the New Pocket to the Pocket Positive
where it had the positive lock but the right side of the barrel was marked Pocket Positive.
This happened above the S/N 30,000 range.

Transition model:
Note the Pocket Positive marked on the right side of the barrel:
The New Pockets were serialized on the butt as opposed to the crane area:
Cam

Thanks for the clear explanation, Cam.
Nice transitional!

 

Thanks, Cam. I was aware of the introduction of the positive lock but some reference make it sound like the grips/grip frame may be identical.

 

As dfariswheel said, the stocks are interchangeable. It is the frame that is different and you can see this in the photos that I posted.

Cam

 

I "think" (note the qualifier) that both models shared the same actual grips.

 

Guess that makes mine a transition? Figured it might be using up parts or possibly re-barreled. Serial 32816.

 

Guess that makes mine a transition? Figured it might be using up parts or possibly re-barreled. Serial 32816.

It has the left-barrel script that appears on later Pocket Positives.
Putting an advertisement for S&W cartridges on their barrel must have galled Colt to no end. Does anyone know the history of the switch to that left-barrel script instead of COLT D.A. .32?