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4.7 KiB
Plaintext
215 lines
4.7 KiB
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Name: Police Positive, Police Positive Target, Police Positive
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Target Model G and Police Positive Target Model C.
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Identifying features: fixed sights; topstrap matted to reduce
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glare; removable left sideplate; Positive Lock.
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Calibers (inc. variations): .32-20, .32 Short Colt, .32 Long
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Colt, .32 Colt New Police, .32 S&W short, .32 S&W Long, .38 Colt
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New Police, .38 Special, .22 Long Rifle
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Production: 1907 - 1979; production run of approx. 199,000
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plus variations
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1907 - 1947 (Police Positive)
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1907 - 1940 (Police Positive Target)
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1908 - 1979 (Police Positive Special)
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1926 - 1941 (Police Positive Target Model C); production
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of approx. 15,800
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1910 - 1925 (Police Positive Target Model G); production
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of approx. 242,000
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Markings: Left side of barrel marked POLICE / POSITIVE, with only
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one letter P (a large one) with OLICE and OSITIVE stacked next to
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it. Target Models read same but have COLT prefix (on early ones)
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and the word target as suffix. Second quality models have the
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word PEQUANO on left side of barrel.
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Barrel Lengths:2, 2.5, 4, 5, 6
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Variations: Police Positive Target: early ones do not have
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countersunk chambers in .22. Later models had countersunk
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chambers in .22 starting around 1932. Checkered trigger,
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elevation adjustable front sight, windage adjustable rear sight.
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Police Positive Special: identical to regular Police Positive,
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but has lengthened frame to accept longer cylinder needed for .38
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Special ammo.
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Notes: Probably the most confusing of the Colt<6C>s, the Police
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Positive family was, as it<69>s name implies, conceived and marketed
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as a police weapon. In this regard it succeeded admirably and
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many can be found bearing departmental markings. Target Models G
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and C had their own serial number series, running parallel to the
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one for the other Police Positive models. Pequano models are rare
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finds.
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Police Positive Special
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1908----1
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1909----13000
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1910----22500
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1911----35500
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1912----51000
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1913----65000
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1914----90000
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1915----110000
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1916----125000
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1917----143000
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1918----145000
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1919----162000
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1920----190000
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1921----225000
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1922----242000
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1923----270000
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1924----283000
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1925----309000
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1926----325000
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1927----331000
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1928----333000
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1929----373000
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1930----383000
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1931----400000
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1932----405000
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1933----412000
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1934----423000
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1935----435000
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1936----444000
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1937----452000
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1938----457000
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1939----467000
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1940----471000
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1941----474000
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1942----477000
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1943----479000
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1944----479500
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1945----480000
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1946----481000
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1947----490001
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1948----494000
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New series 510001
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1949----501600 - 501817
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also 515051 - 519410
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New series 525001
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1950----542400
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1951----571500
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1952----607400
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1953----624850
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1954----648900
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1955----662650
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1956----672050
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1957----695400
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1958----710600
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1959----725600
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1960----750000
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1961----776400
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1962----797500
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1963----819500
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1964----839500
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1965----861500
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1966----890800
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New series D900101
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1967----D926000
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1968----D958500
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1969----D99500 -- D998715
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New series A10000
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1970----A43500 - A59999
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B01001 - B23000
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1971----B23001 - B49000
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1972----B49001 - B59999
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C01001 - C26000
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1973----C26001 - C60000
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F01001 - F08800
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1974----F08801 - F60000
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H01001 - H18100
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1975----H18101 - H60000
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M01001 - M29600
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1976----M29601 - M51999
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01001M - 19200M
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1977----19201M - 59999M
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01001R - 11700R
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1978----11701R - 59999R
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S01001
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1979----S01001
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Police Positive & Police Positive Target
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1907----49500
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1908----61500
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1909----67000
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1910----74000
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1911----84500
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1912----94000
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1913----108000
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1914----112000
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1915----124000
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1916----129000
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1917----137000
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1918----142000
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1919----143000
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1920----158000
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1921----169000
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1922----179000
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1923----188000
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1924----199000
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1925----209000
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1926----217000
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1927----224000
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1928----
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1929----
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1930----
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1931----
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1932----
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1933----228000
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1934----230000
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1935----231000
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1936----233000
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1937----234000
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1938----235500
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1939----238100
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1940----
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1941----
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1942----
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1943----238623
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Police Positive Target Model C & G
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1910----1
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1911----4500
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1912----7500
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1913----9100
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1914----11100
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1915----12600
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1916----14500
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1917----15100
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1918----15500
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1919----15900
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1920----16900
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1921----18000
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1922----18500
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1923----20500
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1924----22400
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1925----23000 - 24192
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New series 30000
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Model C introduced
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1926----30750
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1927----32200
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1928----33600
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1929----35350
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1930----37800
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1931----38900
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1932----39350
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1933----39550
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1934----40500
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1935----40900
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1936----41550
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1937----42150
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1938----42700
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1939----overlapping numbers
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1940----44200
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1941----45200 - 5741
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Court Information Services Co., Inc. Weapons Research Division
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340 Brooks Missoula, Montana, USA 59801-5017 406-721-0232 FAX
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406-549-6082
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