Judging from the frequency with which I find Police Positives on the used-gun market, Colt must have made a billion of them. All Colt Cylinders turn to the right - thus binding the crane tight against the frame of the revolver - guaranteeing perfect alignment of chamber and barrel and adding materially to the accuracy of the arm. The accuracy of any revolver is determined greatly by the method used in lining up the chambers of the cylinder with the barrel. As one Colt advertisement stated: “All Colt Cylinders TURN TO THE RIGHT.” In all, the Police Positive made a fine-looking package.Ĭolt liked to talk up the accuracy of the Police Positive and emphasized that its cylinder rotated toward the frame, unlike the revolvers of a certain Springfield, Mass., gunmaker, whose cylinders rotated away from the frame. Early production samples had a plain topstrap, but later ones had a matte topstrap. Sights were fixed and consisted of a half-moon blade front and a hog-waller groove milled into the topstrap. The finish was nickeled or blued steel, and grips were checkered walnut with a gleaming white-metal rampant colt medallion. 38 Colt New Police (and their S&W counterparts, of course) and could be had with a 21/2-, 4-, 5- or 6-inch barrel. 32 double-action frame introduced in 1893, the classic Police Positive was chambered in. 38 S&W chambering, a cartridge Colt cloned under the name of.
Another improvement from the old New Police was the Positive’s. The Police Positive’s name sprang from its “positive” - that is, foolproof - internal hammer-block safety, a feature that had been conspicuously absent from its predecessor. The Police Positive saw the light of day in 1905, when it debuted as an improvement on the old square-butted Colt New Police double-action six-shooter introduced in 1896. Still, the Police Positive gave rise to a family of collectible Colts, and by garsh, that should count for something! Its faults are that it lacks adjustable sights (except for the Target versions), and fires cartridges that are a little on the pricey side and somewhat underpowered (.32 S&W Long/.32 Colt New Police and. The Police Positive’s virtues are many: It’s rugged, stylish and just about foolproof. Finally, I sold it back to Phillip Peterson, who took pity on me and gave me 30 percent of what I originally paid him for it. When I came out, the burgers had been stolen, but the revolver was still there. Once, I left it in my car at a gun show along with half a bag of cold White Castle sliders. It wasn’t a dog, either, but a nice 80 percent specimen from 1923. I offered it to my brother, my son, my wife, my neighbor and my neighbor’s grandmother. I had taken a nicer one in trade and decided to pass the old one on to someone who would appreciate it. These are all nice guns, but really, now. I have seen buyers at gun shows pass over cherry Police Positives to fondle things like H&R Model 929s, Iver Johnson Cadets and High Standard Sentinels. The Police Positive is the one glaring exception. This rule applies not only to Pythons and Diamondbacks but to real stinkeroos like the ill-fated Model 2000 All-American 9 mm semiauto, too. Put that name on a gun, and shazam! It’s an instant collectible. Normally, the word “Colt” is pure magic to collectors. The Colt Police Positive is the Rodney Dangerfield of revolvers.
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