colt police positive 38 special serial number lookup

Employees and agents of Publishers’ Development Corp. (II) Limit one (1) entry per household multiple entries will disqualify entrants. Deployed military should use stateside address. Mail-in entries accepted send postcards (no envelopes) to: GUNS Magazine, GOM May 2023, P.O. All entries must be received by giveaway end date. Normally I’m the first guy to piss and moan about tiny, fixed U-notch-rear/blade-front vintage sighting arrangements like this one, but I’m gonna keep my mouth shut here - good bifocals and a nice group or three will do that! Whatever long-ago Colt craftsman regulated these sights knew what he was doing. was almost on a par with the Winchester 158s.

Winchester stuff produced a 6-shot 2.5″ group at 25 yards while the Black Hills Wadcutters crowded 5 shots into a spectacular cluster at just under 1.5″. Plus, they’re “FMJ clean.” Most 4″ guns I’ve used them in generally produce velocities a bit over 900 fps - what I got with the Police Positive Special. What I like about them is they’re “bulk-pack practice” cheap and pretty accurate in most guns. The Remington FMJs? These are pretty much a dupe of the service ball load used by pilots packing (usually) S&W K-Frames like the Victory Model in WWII. I figured the Winchester stuff would be a pretty close approximation of most pre-war “service loads,” while the Black Hills stuff would be a good bet for demonstrating the little Colt’s accuracy potential.

If it would’ve been a modern D-Frame, say a later Detective Special, I might have given the high-test stuff a spin. I also wanted to do so at standard-pressure “stress levels.” I use Plus-P stuff frequently but I usually avoid shooting it in small frame guns this old. I wanted to at least make an attempt to stay within the bullet weight parameters of what was in vogue when the gun was made. My ammo menu for checking our Police Positive Special’s range performance was somewhat limited.

Colt police positive 38 special serial number lookup