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Colt Pocket Positive .32 - Collector's Information, Factory Special Order Cutoff Hammer, .32  Police Cartridge, Serial Number 108963

Colt Pocket Positive Serial Number 108963, .32 Police caliber with 2 1/2" barrel and special order cutoff hammer.  The hammer modification is like that done to John Henry Fitzgerald or "Fitz" factory modified Colt models as they are known to both shooters and collectors.  On this example, the trigger guard has not been cut away.

Factory blue finish with checkered hard rubber grips. Colt factory indicates that this revolver was one of six shipped on February 1, 1923.  Sold to Beckley Hardware & Supply Company, address unavailable and was shipped to Belknap Hardware & Mfg Company, Louisville, Kentucky.  It was processed on Colt factory order number 7046/6.

Right side view of Colt Pocket Positive serial number 108963.

Marked on top of barrel:

COLT'S PT. F. A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A.
PAT'D AUG. 5, 1884 JUNE 5, 1900 JULY 4, 1905.

 

Left side view of Pocket Positive 108963 with hammer in cocked position.

Left side of barrel marked:
P ocket. 32 POLICE CTG.
ositive.

Close-up view of bobbed hammer showing a slight bevel near the former location of the spur.

Close-up view of bobbed hammer.  The hammer is polished white metal on the sides and blued on the back.

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