Colt Revolvers

[Superflywimpy]

I have never had a problem with a colt

My first colt was a trooper mk III satin nickle and it was true to me till the day I sold it to a friend. I also bought my father a colt Agent alloy and he never had a problem. My only colt I have now is a very nice police positive 4 inch I have not shot.....yet. But I think I will. It's a bare bones kind of revolver but has a nostalgic look all it's own. I tend to favor older type revolvers and pistols as they took more effort to make. Unlike these injection moulded pistols of today. Look at the new Ruger poly revolver and tell me flame cutting is not a worry on that poly frame top strap. I don't know, just call me old fashioned. Here is the colt police positive I was talking about.

 

[Texas Star]

My first colt was a trooper mk III satin nickle and it was true to me till the day I sold it to a friend. I also bought my father a colt Agent alloy and he never had a problem. My only colt I have now is a very nice police positive 4 inch I have not shot.....yet. But I think I will. It's a bare bones kind of revolver but has a nostalgic look all it's own. I tend to favor older type revolvers and pistols as they took more effort to make. Unlike these injection moulded pistols of today. Look at the new Ruger poly revolver and tell me flame cutting is not a worry on that poly frame top strap. I don't know, just call me old fashioned. Here is the colt police positive I was talking about.

Look at that gun again. I think you probably have a Police Positive SPECIAL, not a Police Positive. The dead giveaway is the longer frame. If it's a .38, it'll probably take .38 Special, not .38 New Police, .38 S&W regular, etc.

BUT...Colt later changed this gun's name to just Police Positive after the shorter-framed gun was discontinued. At a guess, I think that was in the 1970's. Surely, long after this one was made.

T-Star

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I have a Colt Agent & a S&W Model 38. Both are 38 specials & 2 inch barrels. My friend & I shot them last week, put about 100 rounds thru both. We agree the Colt has a better double action pull but the Smith has better single action trigger pull. Both are accurate enough for social work.

 

[Andy Griffith]

I have three Colts.
A Diamondback .38, and two Officer's Model .38's.

One of my Officer's Models (from about 1912) was terribly out of time...I had a heck of a time finding someone that even knew how to work on it and making it work correctly, and then getting the parts!

Why someone doesn't make reproduction "wear" parts for Colts, I don't know. I don't think there is enough out there, or perhaps there is no demand.

 

[Onomea]

If you want an answer to your question from a real expert on the topic, one is provided by Colt guru Grant Cunningham in an article entitled, "Is the Colt Python Delicate?" You will find it near the bottom of his blogs here:

GrantCunningham.com - Revolver Liberation Alliance blog

Yep. That is the definitive answer, in my view.