IN 97% VERY SHARP CONDITION,WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF A VERY EARLY PRODUCTION COLT DETECTIVE 38 SPECIAL REVOLVER. THIS REVOLVER WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1930 AND WAS SHIPPED TO THE GEORGE F HAROLD CO. OF NEW YORK CITY, NY ON SEPT 16, 1930. THIS FIRST ISSUE DET. SPEC. HAS ALL THE VERY RARE EARLY FEATURES SUCH AS THE SQUARE BUTT AND THE CHECKERED CYLINDER RELEASE. THE BORE IS MINT AND IT IS INDEED A HUGE FIND TO LOCATE SUCH AN EARLY REVOLVER SUCH AS THIS IN SUCH EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THIS IS A CLASSIC PIECE OF HISTORY FROM THE PUBLIC ENEMY ERA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH THE GANGSTER ERA AND ALL THOSE HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES. THAT THIS GUN COMES FROM NEW YORK CITY, ONE CAN ONLY WONDER WHAT THUG OR DETECTIVE CARRIED IT. I KEEP THINKING OF ALL THOSE “THIN MAN” MOVIES AND ALL THE OTHER FILMS OF THAT PERIOD WHERE WE SEE SOME ACTOR WAIVING ONE OF THESE AROUND IN SOME SCENE. ONE CAN ONLY WONDER WHY THIS GUN WAS PURCHASED AND HOW IT WAS USED OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A PREMIER INVESTMENT GRADE COLT. THIS COMES WITH A VERY HIGH GRADE REPRODUCTION BOX.
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SOLD 1930 COLT DETECTIVE SPECIAL……FIRST ISSUE…….MINTY WITH COLT LETTER…..GREAT NEW YORK GANGSTER PIECE!
$2,250.00
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