GBExpat
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According to the Colt S/N dB, my newly-acquired .32-20 5" Colt Police Positive Special was MFD in 1912, the same year that, among many other things, the Titanic sank. It is the top one in the pic ... beside the 1932 .32-20 4" Colt Army Special that belonged to my maternal grandfather.
I don't care about the finish wear or the missing ejector rod head (Numrich is out of them
). Actually, I think that those along with the original broken grips helped keep anyone else from bidding on this pup so I got it for the relatively-low opening bid.
No, I cannot properly wrap my large paw around that original-style grip ... but things seem to work fine with my pinky positioned tightly underneath.
I detail-stripped & inspected the pistol. Everything looked fine with the exception of some noticeable wear on the cylinder lock. I suspected a slight alignment issue.
On the back patio I water-trapped some lead bullets ... very hightech, 13 water-filled milk jugs in a line. Measuring the fired bullets proved that the bore groove diameter is ~.313", so the .314" lead that I load for the Colt Army Special will work fine. That was one major consideration in my search for another .32-20 pistol.
A magnified inspection of the captured bullets showed some minor shoulder damage, so I inspected the cone and found excessive splash on the right side. Using a piece of drill-rod as an alignment tool, I put the fired cases back in the cylinder and confirmed the alignment issue.
With a two-hand grip I can correct the timing/alignment issue, but I wanted a permanent solution, so I called Numrich and asked Marie to have her Guy look closely at the 4 "Bolts" they had in-stock. He reported that one of the 4 appeared to be unworn ... so that is now in-bound.
Within the next couple of weeks I hope that the drainfield will be dry enough to run some accuracy & CHRONY testing. Among other things, I will be interested to see how much the additional 1" of barrel contributes to the velocity.
I will update this Thread when I have done that testing.
In the meantime, does anyone know where I might find a replacement Ejector Rod Head for this Colt Police Positive Special?
I don't care about the finish wear or the missing ejector rod head (Numrich is out of them
). Actually, I think that those along with the original broken grips helped keep anyone else from bidding on this pup so I got it for the relatively-low opening bid. No, I cannot properly wrap my large paw around that original-style grip ... but things seem to work fine with my pinky positioned tightly underneath.
I detail-stripped & inspected the pistol. Everything looked fine with the exception of some noticeable wear on the cylinder lock. I suspected a slight alignment issue.
On the back patio I water-trapped some lead bullets ... very hightech, 13 water-filled milk jugs in a line. Measuring the fired bullets proved that the bore groove diameter is ~.313", so the .314" lead that I load for the Colt Army Special will work fine. That was one major consideration in my search for another .32-20 pistol.
A magnified inspection of the captured bullets showed some minor shoulder damage, so I inspected the cone and found excessive splash on the right side. Using a piece of drill-rod as an alignment tool, I put the fired cases back in the cylinder and confirmed the alignment issue.
With a two-hand grip I can correct the timing/alignment issue, but I wanted a permanent solution, so I called Numrich and asked Marie to have her Guy look closely at the 4 "Bolts" they had in-stock. He reported that one of the 4 appeared to be unworn ... so that is now in-bound.
Within the next couple of weeks I hope that the drainfield will be dry enough to run some accuracy & CHRONY testing. Among other things, I will be interested to see how much the additional 1" of barrel contributes to the velocity.
I will update this Thread when I have done that testing.
In the meantime, does anyone know where I might find a replacement Ejector Rod Head for this Colt Police Positive Special?
