Elderly Colt to the range

velocette · Sep 25, 2021

Thursday, my regular range day. I took my 1917 Enfield, my CZ 75D PCR and the old Colt Police Positive .38 S&W.
I only had 9 rds of ammo for the Colt, all loaded with 115 gr soft lead TCFP bullets over 2.5 gr of Bullseye. These were 9mm bullets, to match the 0.355" bore (yes, 0.355", what was Colt thinking?)
So on a fresh target, all 9 rds were sent. At 15 yds, all printed low left in a nice 4" pattern. Not bad for 104 years old and this 77 YO shooter. This revolver is NOT easy to shoot nor painless. the sights are small and not easily seen. Recoil is minimal, but that small grip means its not easy to hold and recoil such as it is is painful to the middle finger rapping on the trigger guard. But shoot it did and with no problems other than hanging on to it's grip. Well, I'm now looking for more brass. Donations of .38 S&W brass would be very welcome.

Vern Humphrey · Sep 25, 2021

Try a Tyer T-Grip. This is a C-shaped piece of aluminum that is clamped to the fore-strap and converts the grip into a more or less "magna-style" grip. To put it on or take it off, all you have to do is loosen the grip screws.
www.t-grips.com

trackskippy · Sep 25, 2021

38 S&W brass is/was readily available. Starline makes it, and it wasnt bad price wise.

I load a good bit of 38/200 using it, and thats where I got the bulk of mine.

And ditto the T grip. Not sure if he makes them for it, but BK Grips is a good place to look and fairly reasonable, especially compred to what the Tyler grips are going for. I like the double clip on the BK's too. They seem more secure.

https://bkgrips.com/

Riomouse911 · Sep 25, 2021

“Elderly” Colt :rofl:

… my boss, who retired for a few years and then came back to work calls himself a “Classic” employee

.

The older style Colt DA grip angle does not agree with my hands at all, I certainly understand your pain with every trigger pull. (The only worse grip is the original Colt Bisley grip :barf:

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My only Colts are a new Cobra, which fits me perfectly, and a 1930’s vintage Officers Model Heavy Barrel .38 Spl. that is fired with strictly bullseye-speed wadcutters. This gun has the large target grips so it doesn’t rap my knuckles :thumbup:

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Hopefully you’ll find some cases and get a chance to load a bunch.

Stay safe.

ECVMatt · Sep 25, 2021

I actually might have some 38 S&W. Let me dig through my brass "Collection". I am glad to see the shooter back in action.

EDIT: I found my 38 S&W and it is actually loaded ammo. I will shoot it up next time I am out and you can have the brass. I will PM once the brass is ready.

Pat Riot · Sep 26, 2021

@velocette
I would recommend looking at a BK grip adaptor also, as @trackskippy mentioned. Here is a link that describes their Colt D frame adapter. Click this link in regards to “fitting” and read the section on Colts. I do not know much about Colts so maybe there is something here that can give you an idea if their adapter might work with your particular model.
https://bkgrips.com/fitting/

Here is BK’s home page. It appears he is having shipping computer issues. Hopefully it’s resolved soon.
https://bkgrips.com/

That looks like a great old revolver. Hopefully you can get some brass and a grip solution so you can shoot it more often. :thumbup:

velocette · Sep 26, 2021

ECVMatt said:
I actually might have some 38 S&W. Let me dig through my brass "Collection". I am glad to see the shooter back in action.

EDIT: I found my 38 S&W and it is actually loaded ammo. I will shoot it up next time I am out and you can have the brass. I will PM once the brass is ready.

Many thanks kind sir. reloading the 9 .38 S&W pieces of brass I have has been fun. I actually use my Dillon SQ deal 9mm with a .38 spl shellplate & it works nicely!

GeoDudeFlorida · Sep 27, 2021

velocette said:
Thursday, my regular range day. I took my 1917 Enfield, my CZ 75D PCR and the old Colt Police Positive .38 S&W.
I only had 9 rds of ammo for the Colt, all loaded with 115 gr soft lead TCFP bullets over 2.5 gr of Bullseye. These were 9mm bullets, to match the 0.355" bore (yes, 0.355", what was Colt thinking?)
So on a fresh target, all 9 rds were sent. At 15 yds, all printed low left in a nice 4" pattern. Not bad for 104 years old and this 77 YO shooter. This revolver is NOT easy to shoot nor painless. the sights are small and not easily seen. Recoil is minimal, but that small grip means its not easy to hold and recoil such as it is is painful to the middle finger rapping on the trigger guard. But shoot it did and with no problems other than hanging on to it's grip. Well, I'm now looking for more brass. Donations of .38 S&W brass would be very welcome.

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It doesn't look like anyone else has mentioned it yet but if you're getting your whole hand around the grip, that's why your knuckles getting a rap. Put your pinky finger under the butt and grip it lower. I have large hands and don't have a problem with getting my knuckles busted. Ditto for the Ruger Super Blackhawk grips with the square trigger guard - the "Dragoon grip frame" in Ruger's parlance. I tuck my pinky under the butt and take a lower grip with three fingers. It's a much more comfortable hold once you get it.

Gordon · Sep 27, 2021

There is difficulty fitting the Tyler T grip to the pre WW2 D frames unless they are Marked for such on the box.

Old Dog · Sep 27, 2021

GeoDudeFlorida said:
It doesn't look like anyone else has mentioned it yet but if you're getting your whole hand around the grip, that's why your knuckles getting a rap. Put your pinky finger under the butt and grip it lower. I have large hands and don't have a problem with getting my knuckles busted.

I'd heard that complaint before about shooting the early Colt's revolvers, but GeoDude is absolutely corrrect.

Unless you get some aftermarket grips on them, the early Police Positives make you feel them when shooting...

There is just something so cool about the old Colts, though.

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