A friend of the family had been on the hunt for a .38 version for some time and his father ran across one...or so he thought.

Dad calls son and says "do you want this?"

"Sure."

It was kind of pricey in the $800-900 range without a box but the condition is quite nice. Son and dad finally get together and son had brought some .38s along with which to load it. "Hey, these don't fit."

It's marked, "Detective Spec" over ".32 Colt N. P."

Serial # is 8864XX so it appears to be '65-66 vintage.

Any additional info? Did he get hosed or do Colt nuts go crazy for these like Smith nuts go crazy for K-32s?

Thanks