Colt Police Positive rescue

[TrickyNicky]

King, I finally got around to finishing mine. I wish I had taken some before pictures though.

Did yours end up being a shooter?



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Looks great. There's something about a parkerized finish on a revolver that I love. Some like blued, others nickel plate. I like those too, but a parkerized revolver just looks great IMO. If I ever wear through the bluing on my Blackhawk, I'll be having it parkerized.


Now about those grips. I would consider getting a repro set, especially if the Tyler adapter is hard on them. True, much of the collector value is gone with the old finish, but you never know. Colts are still gaining popularity, those grips might be worth as much as the gun one day. :shrug:


Either way , great job on your restoration, it looks good and if it shoots well too, that's what matters most. :up:

[will_reed]

Thanks, I think it turned out pretty well. It's a working gun, so I think the parkerized finish is a good fit. Those aren't original to the gun, the original grips were checkered wood that are worn completely slick. The ones in the pic were about $30 on eBay. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk Edited April 24, 2014 by will_reed

[TrickyNicky]

Gotcha. They had a lot of grip styles over the years. Mine are tortoise shell plastic, judging by the sight ours aren't too far off, mines a mid-late 50s as I recall. Then again, I don't have mine in front of me so I'm comparing off memory with a shaky recollection on dating them.

[Guest kingarmory]

The one I built shot pretty good for a 3" barrel.

[Guest kingarmory]

King, I finally got around to finishing mine. I wish I had taken some before pictures though. Did yours end up being a shooter? Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk

 

Nice workmanship, seen guns come back from professional shops that didn't come out that good ;)

[will_reed]

I wish I could take credit for the actual finish, but I did do all the disassembly and metal prep. LOL! I'm considering getting setup to do parkerizing, I've had several parts done recently and it's starting to become my favorite finish. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk

[will_reed]

[quote name="TrickyNicky" post="1142133" timestamp="1398304917"]Gotcha. They had a lot of grip styles over the years. Mine are tortoise shell plastic, judging by the sight ours aren't too far off, mines a mid-late 50s as I recall. Then again, I don't have mine in front of me so I'm comparing off memory with a shaky recollection on dating them.[/quote]I looked the serial number up on this one after I got it, it was 1959 according to proofhouse if I remember correctly.Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk Edited April 24, 2014 by will_reed

[vontar]

very nice work.  doesn't look like the same gun.  Looks better then when i left Colt.