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This won't win any NIB contests but I still had to buy it. A owner of a local pawn shop will hold guns that come out of dead pawn a few days on ones he thinks I might want. He knows I have trouble passing on a Colt. Stopped in this morning & he went in the back & came back at handed me this Detective Special. He said it came out of dead pawn this morning & he hadn't had a chance to clean it yet.
The serial number 576XXX puts it at 1951 according to Proofhouse. The Coltwood plastic grips are both broken with the right side missing a good chunk. The hammer was bobbed at some point. The owner of the shop wanted $300 for it so I bought it.
Hope to replace the grips at some point. So how did I do? I have another DS from the early 70's but it has the shrouded ejector & I have wanted one of the older style.
The serial number 576XXX puts it at 1951 according to Proofhouse. The Coltwood plastic grips are both broken with the right side missing a good chunk. The hammer was bobbed at some point. The owner of the shop wanted $300 for it so I bought it.
Hope to replace the grips at some point. So how did I do? I have another DS from the early 70's but it has the shrouded ejector & I have wanted one of the older style.
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