Old Colt revolver

boothdoc · May 28, 2018

Here is an old as heck Colt. Rather poor condition. Any ideas about age? It says 19217 on swivel arm that holds the cylinder.

It makes me nervous to hold it and say Bang, lol.

Alea Jacta Est · May 28, 2018

Let me calm your fears...send it to me!!

Seriously, neat piece.

JDH146 · May 28, 2018

Colt 1909 ?
Enter your Serial # here
https://www.colt.com/serial-lookup

SolomonsCommune · May 28, 2018

Entering the number you provided yielded 41 results. No doubt one of them is right, but does the pistol say what caliber it is to help narrow the search?

boothdoc · May 28, 2018

I was also able to make out DA32 on the barrel. Cool piece. Wish it was in better condition but for as old as it is I think it is lucky.
Serial number put it as made in possibly the 1880s.

SolomonsCommune · May 28, 2018

Double Action 32 I wonder..

ETA

SolomonsCommune · May 28, 2018

Do you see where the front sight once was? If not I bet that barrel might have been cut off.

boothdoc · May 28, 2018

Thanks for the link to the Colt serial site.

Just found out my 1911 is from 1918

Biggfoot44 · May 29, 2018

Interesting.

But give us some more clues, at least the cal .

Yes, the bbl looks shotrened.
The real s/n is on the butt. A number on the crane might or might not have a relationship with the s/n .

zoostation · May 29, 2018

I just checked CNN. It's a Glock.

Blacksmith101 · May 29, 2018

One of our Industry partners has one that looks a lot like that one:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showpost.php?p=5223557&postcount=1512

dist1646 · May 29, 2018

Often referred to as a "bankers special".

Biggfoot44 · May 29, 2018

Bankers Special is a specific Colt model, and this isn't one.

SolomonsCommune · May 29, 2018

Blacksmith101 said:
One of our Industry partners has one that looks a lot like that one:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showpost.php?p=5223557&postcount=1512

Definitely close but missing a screw on the port side. I bet the OP knows now, and is enjoying watching us sweat.

Biggfoot44 · May 29, 2018

As close as I can see on my phone , that looks like a finish blemish below the cylinder latch, not a screw head .

We still need calibre and size reference marker .

Biggfoot44 · May 29, 2018

Went thru some pictures of that era Colt revolvers , keying from cylinder length relative to trigger gaurd, cylinder latch shape , and grip shape .

Cylinder is too short for .38 Long Colt ( or various longer ctgs ). Best guesses would be .32 Long Colt, .32 New Police, .38 New Police .

The imeadate 1st guess is a Colt New Police in .32 New Police ( dimentionally identical to .32 S&W Long ) . Originally 4in bbl , later shortened . Mfg 1896-1907 , first standard issue revolver of NYPD .

Colt New Pocket in .32 Long Colt ( not interchangeable w/ S&W ctgs ) is also a candidate, other than grip shape ( round) . Colts aren't one of my primary fields of interest, but Colt may well have had a square butt counterpart of the Pocket Positive , predating the New Police, offered in the older for Colt .32 Long Colt .

Added - In same catagory as above , the Colt New Pocket, predating the New Pocket, and its hammer block . Intro date reported as both 1893, and 1895 .

Threeband · May 29, 2018

SolomonsCommune said:
Definitely close but missing a screw on the port side. ...

I think, when referring to a Colt, that would be the "near side."

Inexperienced shooters are often advised to remove the front sight "so it won't hurt so much when the bad guy shoves it up your ass."

JDH146 · May 29, 2018

Threeband said:
I think, when referring to a Colt, that would be the "near side."

Inexperienced shooters are often advised to remove the front sight "so it won't hurt so much when the bad guy shoves it up your ass."

Definitely in the top 10 funniest comments I have ever read on this board. Thanks for the laugh.

boothdoc · May 30, 2018

I really do not know. It does say DA32. So I assume dual action 32???? No idea really. Ihavehad this for a really long time and just started to look into what it is.

When I get home this weekend I will post more pics.

I will even take the grips off and see if there are numbers under the grips.

dist1646 · May 30, 2018

Biggfoot44 said:
Bankers Special is a specific Colt model, and this isn't one.

Revolvers with the barrel shortened like this one were also commonly referred to as bankers specials. They were modified to fit in a coat pocket.
Street lingo of the day, back in the day. LOL!

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