Friends,
I've found a "near mint" 1922 COLT'S POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL in .38SPL, that was seldom fired & at a DIRT CHEAP price (for what it is).
(The PO said that it was her father's when he was a Constable in Bell County in the 1920s to early 1940s. - She said that his job was solely serving civil papers for the county & she doesn't think that he ever shot it off the range. - I got it with a "full coverage" holster, that's worn-out from being carried.)
It's NOT so collectable that I am afraid to shoot it, so I'm wondering WHICH .38SPL round that would work OK & NOT cause problems with the nearly century old little D-frame Colt.
(Inasmuch as I'm now having "some issues" with my hand-strength at times, I may load the Colt & carry it concealed.)
Your suggestions on suitable SELF-DEFENSE ammo for the revolver are solicited.
NOTE: I find it "interesting" how many S&W & Colt's "small frame" revolvers were purchased, loaded & "put in a bedside drawer" or carried but seldom if ever fired. = My lady's Mother bought a Colt's Cobra in 1951 (Her boss said, "Mildred, take the money out of petty cash & go buy yourself a pistol. You are to make the night deposits each evening after work."), loaded the Cobra, carried it (inside one of JJ's socks) in the car every weekday, until she retired in 1986 BUT never fired it a single time.
(Mildred DISPISED & FEARED guns of all sorts. - She was "NOT pleased" when her "lovely & religious" daughter "got mixed-up with a cop"!!)
My lady & I found the unfired Colt when we cleaned-out Mildred's house, after her passing, along with the entire box of ammo that she bought in 1951.
(YES, my lady shoots "Mama's gun" regularly now & does WELL with it, too.)
I know of several other similar small revolvers that were never (or very seldom) fired & "for sale" with the factory box.
yours, sw
I've found a "near mint" 1922 COLT'S POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL in .38SPL, that was seldom fired & at a DIRT CHEAP price (for what it is).
(The PO said that it was her father's when he was a Constable in Bell County in the 1920s to early 1940s. - She said that his job was solely serving civil papers for the county & she doesn't think that he ever shot it off the range. - I got it with a "full coverage" holster, that's worn-out from being carried.)
It's NOT so collectable that I am afraid to shoot it, so I'm wondering WHICH .38SPL round that would work OK & NOT cause problems with the nearly century old little D-frame Colt.
(Inasmuch as I'm now having "some issues" with my hand-strength at times, I may load the Colt & carry it concealed.)
Your suggestions on suitable SELF-DEFENSE ammo for the revolver are solicited.
NOTE: I find it "interesting" how many S&W & Colt's "small frame" revolvers were purchased, loaded & "put in a bedside drawer" or carried but seldom if ever fired. = My lady's Mother bought a Colt's Cobra in 1951 (Her boss said, "Mildred, take the money out of petty cash & go buy yourself a pistol. You are to make the night deposits each evening after work."), loaded the Cobra, carried it (inside one of JJ's socks) in the car every weekday, until she retired in 1986 BUT never fired it a single time.
(Mildred DISPISED & FEARED guns of all sorts. - She was "NOT pleased" when her "lovely & religious" daughter "got mixed-up with a cop"!!)
My lady & I found the unfired Colt when we cleaned-out Mildred's house, after her passing, along with the entire box of ammo that she bought in 1951.
(YES, my lady shoots "Mama's gun" regularly now & does WELL with it, too.)
I know of several other similar small revolvers that were never (or very seldom) fired & "for sale" with the factory box.
yours, sw