Colt New Police Revolver
| Colt New Police | |
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Colt New Police Revolver | |
| Type | Revolver |
| Place of origin |
 USA |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Colt's Manufacturing Company |
| Produced | 1896 to 1907 |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | Colt .32 New Police |
| Action | double action revolver |
| Feed system | Cylinder magazine |
The Colt New Police is a single and/or double action, six shot revolver. The factory chambering for this model was originally the .32 Long Colt cartridge. The gun was later chambered in .32 New Police, which is identical to a flat nose version of the .32 S&W Long. The diameter of the two cartridges are not the same, with the Long Colt being approximately 0.020" smaller in diameter than the New Police. Although the Long Colt can be loaded and fired in the New Police chamber, it is not recommended to do so. It is impossible to load the New Police in a Long Colt chamber. The later .32 New Police chambering was more popular than the original .32 Long Colt chambering.
The Colt New Police was manufactured from 1896 to 1907 by Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The sights on the revolver were fixed with a round blade in front and a grooved rear sight. The revolver was available with a two and a half inch, four inch, or six inch barrel in a blued or nickel finish and hard rubber grips. The Colt New Police was selected by New York City, NY (NYPD) Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt in 1896 to be the first standard issue revolver for NYPD officers.[1][2]
A target version was made until 1905 with a 6" barrel and adjustable sights.[3]
The New Police Revolver was replaced in the Colt catalog in 1907 by the improved Colt Police Positive, which featured an internal hammer block safety and better lock work.[4]
References
- ↑ Flayderman, Norm (17 December 2007). Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0-89689-455-X.
- ↑ Sapp, Rick (2007). Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms. Iola, Wisconsin: F+W Media, Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0-89689-534-3.
- ↑ Peterson, Phillip (2011). The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 127. ISBN 1-4402-1831-5.
- ↑ Shideler, Dan (2010). "Nobody Wants This Colt". Gun Digest.
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