And I am absolutely positive that some of you fine folks here will agree with me wholeheartedly!
I was watching this gun with great interest, even placed a couple of bids, but alas it wasn’t to be.
To me, it had a ton of stuff going for it making it extremely interesting! I hope someone here picked it up so we can see more about it. The fairly common is it is a 1928 Colt Detective Special with 2” barrel. The really COOL stuff to me is:
1. It is fitted with a King Super Target Ventilated Rib, which I think is unique considering it only has a 2” barrel. The auction said the rib has a brass front sight insert and reflector. I have a revolver with a KSTR with a red insert and reflector, but I don’t know enough about King sights to know if brass is correct, or if it may be something else (gold)?
2. It has a King Cockeyed Hammer with “Never-Slip" checkering.
3. It has a King Honed Action & Adjusted Trigger Pull.
4. It comes with the original 2 piece box with serial number, that actually has a King Sticker on the top of the box, listing the above work they did on the gun. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sticker like this before, and thought it was extremely COOL. Box also contains King Super Target brochure, Detective Special brochure & special instructions.
5. The side plate has a unique gold-inlaid rampant colt, that the auction says was done by Orville Kuhl, who was the engraver at King Gunsight. I wonder how they know that. I thought if that was true that it might be listed on the King sticker with the other improvements. Either way, it is very COOL.
6. It comes with 2 piece “wide configuration” checkered walnut grips, that are very similar to target grips. These grips are actually listed in the Colt Letter with “Wide grip configuration” under a Special Notation. I thought this was extremely COOL, because as a self proclaimed grip junkie, I have never seen any factory grips like this before.
7. It comes with a Colt Letter.
I would love to know who the owner was that special ordered it and had the work done. It’s time like these that I wish I had more money!
Larry
I was watching this gun with great interest, even placed a couple of bids, but alas it wasn’t to be.
To me, it had a ton of stuff going for it making it extremely interesting! I hope someone here picked it up so we can see more about it. The fairly common is it is a 1928 Colt Detective Special with 2” barrel. The really COOL stuff to me is:1. It is fitted with a King Super Target Ventilated Rib, which I think is unique considering it only has a 2” barrel. The auction said the rib has a brass front sight insert and reflector. I have a revolver with a KSTR with a red insert and reflector, but I don’t know enough about King sights to know if brass is correct, or if it may be something else (gold)?
2. It has a King Cockeyed Hammer with “Never-Slip" checkering.
3. It has a King Honed Action & Adjusted Trigger Pull.
4. It comes with the original 2 piece box with serial number, that actually has a King Sticker on the top of the box, listing the above work they did on the gun. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sticker like this before, and thought it was extremely COOL. Box also contains King Super Target brochure, Detective Special brochure & special instructions.
5. The side plate has a unique gold-inlaid rampant colt, that the auction says was done by Orville Kuhl, who was the engraver at King Gunsight. I wonder how they know that. I thought if that was true that it might be listed on the King sticker with the other improvements. Either way, it is very COOL.
6. It comes with 2 piece “wide configuration” checkered walnut grips, that are very similar to target grips. These grips are actually listed in the Colt Letter with “Wide grip configuration” under a Special Notation. I thought this was extremely COOL, because as a self proclaimed grip junkie, I have never seen any factory grips like this before.
7. It comes with a Colt Letter.
I would love to know who the owner was that special ordered it and had the work done. It’s time like these that I wish I had more money!
Larry
