Detective Special Picture Thread!

[walter o]

Finally got one

 

[rwt1405]

Got home and pulled the grips to check for rust etc, and found Harry Ward C of P written in pen. A letter request is on the way.

I'd sure enjoy hearing the results from that letter request.

 

[crsides]

here you go

 

[Old cop]

I'm looking for my former service revolver, Colt DS serial #689642, used in a gunfight in 1974. Sorry for hijacking the thread but didn't want to pass up a chance to ask again. Pls PM me if you have it. The story of this incident was a feature in a Fall 2016 edition of American Handgunner authored by Mass Ayoob. Thanks in advance.

 

[moralem]

Heck, a colt thread on the SW forum.....I will play. 1974 nickel and 1994 blue

I forgot a 1960s factory shrouded DS.

Not a DS but close enough....an early 4 digit Cobra.

 

[Sixgun100]

How about a Colt Cobra, that's riding on my hip today.....

 

[JcMack]

Mine

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Here is one that belongs to my wife.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[rwt1405]

here you go

Thank you very much!

I am glad to see that it lettered as you hoped!

Congrats!

 

[model17]

Det. Spec.

Belongs to a friend. Believe it dates from '67. Doubt its factory engraved?, but nicely done.

 

[chiefdave]

Like me, this 1953 example hasn't aged well. It was gifted to me many years ago in much the same condition it is in now.

 

[Guevera]

I don't see a lot of three inch DS in this thread....

 

[Checkman]

The post-72 Colt DS (top) was given to me for my 16th birthday by my grandfather in 1984. He purchased it new in 1975. Somehow I've held onto it over the past thirty-five years.

The pre-72 DS (bottom) was made in 1967. I got it at an estate auction a few weeks ago. The grips I purchased a few days later. I paid $375.00 for the DS and $60.00 for the grips, but they were worth it.

 

[theothermikeg]

1958 DS, tuned by Grant Cunningham, ivories by Paul Persinger, and hard chrome by Accurate Plating:

THAT is a gorgeous piece of steel. I'd be very proud to have it on my belt.

 

[Old cop]

Please forgive my intrusion but I'm looking for my Colt DS, serial #689642, used in a 1974 gunfight with three armed robbers. Mass Ayoob mentioned it in a 2016 article about the event in American Handgunner. If any of you have it, or want a link to the article, please send me a PM. Thanks in advance.

 

[CajunBass]

My wife talked me into this one a few days ago. Circa 1981.

I'm debating using it as my EDC.

 

[PALADIN85020]

The Colt Dick Special is as iconic as they come. Shades of Humphrey Bogart!

John

 

[Moo Moo]

Can the Colt SF-VI be technically recognised as a later version of the Detective Special?

 

[Moo Moo]

I just put a deposit down on this Colt Detective Special for $440 USD / $650 AUD out the door.

 

[Moo Moo]

Finally was able to pick up by Colt Detective Special that I purchased a few months ago. (It's very slow down under to get the appropriate paperwork signed off for a permit to acquire).