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Ammo For Colt Police Positve
winchestercollector66
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Hi,
I recently purchased a first series colt police positve 6-shot revolver that has the markings 32 colt ctg on the barrel. I have other colt revolvers from this time period but I am confused on the correct ammunition that can be fired in this one? Any help would be great thanks in advance!! Winchestercollector66 [?]
I recently purchased a first series colt police positve 6-shot revolver that has the markings 32 colt ctg on the barrel. I have other colt revolvers from this time period but I am confused on the correct ammunition that can be fired in this one? Any help would be great thanks in advance!! Winchestercollector66 [?]
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Introduced by Colt's with the New Line revolver in 1875, the .32 Colt was inspired by the .320 Revolver.[1] It originally used a .313 in (7.95 mm)-diameter 90 gr (5.8 g) outside-lubricated bullet, which was later changed to inside lubrication, leading to a diameter change to .299 in (7.59 mm), a slight reduction in bullet weight, and a shortening of overall length.[2]
With a case lengthened by .31 in (7.87 mm) over the .32 Short Colt[3] (which means the .32 SC will chamber and fire in any weapon designed for the LC), the .32LC is in the same class in power as the .32 Smith and Wesson Long,[4] without comparable accuracy.[5]
More popular in Europe than North America, only Colt chambered any weapons in .32 Long Colt,[6] most notably the Police Positive.
I havent seen your revolver so I'm not sure if I'm right but that is most likely the cartridge. I know they also chambered the police positive in .32 new police cartridge, but I think they marked them as such.
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Colt Police Positive
Blued Colt Police Positive revolver; six inch barrel
Type Revolver
Place of origin United States
Production history
Manufacturer Colt's Manufacturing Company
Produced 1907-1947
Variants See Variants
Specifications
Barrel length
* 2.5 in (63.5 mm)
* 4 in (102 mm)
* 5 in (125 mm)
* 6 in (153 mm)
Cartridge
* .32 Long/Short Colt
* .32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long)
* .38 Colt New Police (.38 S&W)
Action double-action
Feed system six round cylinder
Sights Fixed iron; half-moon blade front, V-notch rear
The Colt Police Positive is a small frame double-action revolver featuring a six-round cylinder, chambered for either .32 or .38 caliber cartridges. Designed primarily for sale to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies, the Police Positive was introduced into the firearms market by the Colt's Manufacturing Company in 1907.[1][2][3]
Contents
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* 1 Development and history
* 2 Features
* 3 Variants
o 3.1 Police Positive Target
* 4 References
[edit] Development and history
The Colt Police Positive was an iterative improvement of Colt's earlier "New Police" revolver, upgraded with an internal hammer block safety. Colt christened this new security device the "Positive Lock", and its nomenclature ended up being incorporated as a partial namesake for the new revolver.[2] The cylinder of the Police Positive rotated in the clockwise direction, the opposite of firearms maker Smith & Wesson's competing models. Ever a canny competitor in the firearms milieu, Colt missed no opportunity to score a Coup d'?tat over its arch rival, and began a marketing campaign which accentuated this detail. In its advertising Colt proclaimed that "All Colt cylinders TURN TO THE RIGHT", and suggested that the Colt design forced the cylinder crane up against the frame, resulting in tighter lockup with less play and better chamber to barrel alignment, thus markedly increasing accuracy.[2] The Police Positive was very successful; along with the Colt Official Police it dominated the law enforcement firearms market in the early 1900's.[4] The Positive was itself incrementally modified in 1908, forming the basis for Colt's Police Positive Special model.[2]
[edit] Features
Produced with fine carbon steel, the Police Positive featured the Hartford, Connecticut gunmaker's characteristic highly polished surfaces, and was available with both its signature Colt Royal bluing and gleaming nickel plated finishes.[2] The First issue of the Police Positive ran from the revolver's introduction in 1907 until 1927. Sporting Colt's standard hard rubber grips, it was offered with barrel lengths of 2.5 (available only in .32 caliber), 4, 5, and 6 inches, and was chambered for the .32 Long Colt (which would also fit the .32 Short Colt), .32 Colt New Police, and .38 Colt New Police cartridges.[1][2][3][5] Checkered Walnut grips became standard after 1923. The Second issue began in 1928 and ran until 1947, adding a somewhat heavier frame as well as a serrated topstrap to reduce sight glare, while retaining the wooden grips.[5] Both of Colt's "New Police" rounds were actually slight redesigns of existing S&W cartridges, the .32 S&W Long and .38 S&W with the bullet noses flattened, as Colt resisted providing its main competitor with any free advertising.[2] Colt's Positive Lock safety, the innovation responsible for the gun's introduction, functioned by preventing the firing pin from striking the primer of the cartridge unless the trigger was deliberately pulled. Intended to address deficiencies of earlier models such as the Single Action Army, the Positive Lock prevented an accidental discharge even if the hammer was struck or the pistol was dropped, allowing the revolver to be safely carried with all six chambers loaded.[6] The revolver's sights consisted of a half-moon blade front with a fixed iron open rear sight, which was a simple V-notch shaped groove milled into the revolver's topstrap.[2]
[edit] Variants
[edit] Police Positive Target
Weighing 22 ounces and available with a blued finish and black hard rubber grips in .22 Long Rifle, .22 WRF, .32 Long (and Short) Colt, and .32 Colt New Police (.32 S&W Long) chamberings, the First issue of this model featured an adjustable open iron sighted 6 inch barrel and was marketed from 1907 to 1925, with checked Walnut grips replacing the rubber ones after 1923. A Second issue was sold from 1926 to 1941 and differed from the First in that it had a slightly heftier frame which upped the weight to 26 ounces; also Colt's nickel finish was offered as an option.[5] In today's collectable market, the .32 New Police version appears to be the most sought after and valuable.[2]
Edit Mike you are correct Brain F*** I was thinking lever and typed pump. I think Mine was model 1891. great little gun Mine had a compartment under the butt plate to hold the spare firing pin.
which are a b---h to reload and hard to find.
If you can find a gunsmith with small letter stamps, he can stamp N.P.
after .32 Colt meaning New Police which is identical to the 32 S&W Long.
The 32 S&W Long is a fun cartridge to shoot and very easy to reload.