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Gents & Ladies, my pre D.S. , shipped in 1931 to the US Govt. in Wash DC, has serial #348953, which dates the frame to 1928.
It has the smooth trigger, smooth top strap, and correct barrel with only 38 Special on the left side of the barrel. It has the narrow square butt. It's the one that has the notched front sight and the original box. Members Hugh and Tom both once owned it, and Hugh posted pictures on the forum about 5 years ago in a long thread that I cannot find anymore. It also has the factory letter, if you remember the gun.
I am trying to establish a link from this gun to the Prohibition Bureau ( or wherever the search takes me), as Joe Canali advised me that Colt shipped similar quantities of "same type of guns in shipment" to Cincinnatti, Atlanta, & Chicago in the same time frame. My shipment contained 577 guns but the letter doesn't state "guns of the same type", but I feel strongly that the vast majority of guns in the shipments were factory 2" bbl. Detective Specials
I found it interesting that it also has a fouling cup for black powder early 38 Special cartridges in the top of the cylinder window just behind and above the back of the barrel.
Please let me know if any of you also have a fouling cup present on your pre Detective Special.
Thanks,
Mike
It has the smooth trigger, smooth top strap, and correct barrel with only 38 Special on the left side of the barrel. It has the narrow square butt. It's the one that has the notched front sight and the original box. Members Hugh and Tom both once owned it, and Hugh posted pictures on the forum about 5 years ago in a long thread that I cannot find anymore. It also has the factory letter, if you remember the gun.
I am trying to establish a link from this gun to the Prohibition Bureau ( or wherever the search takes me), as Joe Canali advised me that Colt shipped similar quantities of "same type of guns in shipment" to Cincinnatti, Atlanta, & Chicago in the same time frame. My shipment contained 577 guns but the letter doesn't state "guns of the same type", but I feel strongly that the vast majority of guns in the shipments were factory 2" bbl. Detective Specials
I found it interesting that it also has a fouling cup for black powder early 38 Special cartridges in the top of the cylinder window just behind and above the back of the barrel.
Please let me know if any of you also have a fouling cup present on your pre Detective Special.
Thanks,
Mike