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Pawn shop find: What do I have?

2K views 11 replies 7 participants last post by  ruddy 
That pretty much covered it.

You have a Colt Army Special made in 1909.
The Army Special was introduced in 1908 and made until 1927. Since the Army never bought it, in 1927 Colt just changed the name to the Official Police and made it until 1969.

Since most Colt revolver barrels had the same threads you could install most any barrel on most any frame, no matter what the model.
For this reason it's not uncommon to see Colt's with a replacement barrel.
This can cause great confusion because the barrel was the only place where the name of the model was stamped, and in those days all Colt's serial numbers started with #1. This means that you can have a number of Colt handguns all with the same serial number.
Combine the serial number situation with the barrel situation and identifying exactly what you have can be difficult.

Your particular gun has had the rear sight modified by installing a blade in the receiver. This was no doubt done by some previous owner, who also replaced the original hard black rubber grips.
 
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