Colt Official Police 

Interesting video, I love these old revolvers and have a Official Police Positive Special!

Me too! 1963 new in box, unfired!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Sweet! Perfect timing! I recently bought a 1929-dated Official Police with 6-inch barrel. These revolvers were some of the finest ever made by Colt, especially the pistols built in the 1920s and 1930s. Prices on these old Colts are still reasonable since most collectors prefer older Smiths.

Just snagged a 1956 OP with 4-inch barrel in .38sp. Such a sweet piece, great video. My example has larger rubber grips on it that i cant seem to find elsewhere.

I remember about 15 years ago a bunch came to the market from over seas, they were running $150-$250 based on condition, I really should have bought one when I had a chance

If you are looking for a htough, accurate, smoot, light, and just plain good looking revolver go for the Offical Police. You will find that as a belt gun, you will find yourself buckleing this one on often. .38 spl is in my opinon, is the finest cartridge there is, and it took a long time for me to come to that.

What an Amazing Revolver 😀😮😮😀😊

Nice video. I notice the base/bottom of your stocks/grips are slightly rounded, similar to a Police Positive model. Many OPs have sharp/squared bottom of stocks, not rounded (like the Det. Sp.). I have '69 last-year of production 4" barrel "OP", in orig. box. Very nice handguns!

38/200 is the British name for 38 Smith and Weson with a 200 hundred grain bullet Via Enfield #1 Mark 2

Garage, as a young copper in the early 70's, I carried the Official Police .38 as my "on-duty" .38 Service Revolver. Mine was a postwar production (869943), blue, with a 4-inch barrel. The PD-issue in 1971 was the Smith & Wesson Model 10-5. A blue steel, 4-inch standard barrel, and excellent fixed sights. My Colt .38 was a Christmas present from my Dad & Mom and I carried it over the issued Model 10. Okay to do that then, you had to get qualified before you carried though. I would carry that same Colt for the duration of my career. My Colt was a PD-trade-in, all the way from the Port Authority Police in New Jersey. My OP was a 1959 factory production and apparently part of a large PAPD contract order. It finished its career with the PAPD and was sold off as surplus in early 1971. A FFL gun store here in Columbus Georgia bought several of these surplus Colts, of which my Dad would subsequently select and buy one for his cop son.He felt his son would be better served with the Colt over my Department-issue Model 10. Time came and went. My PD would eventually trade-in our Model 10's on new S&W Model 66 Combat Magnums. With permission from the Deputy Chief, I continued to carry my OP, using the same .38+P ammo we were issued and authorized to carry. Later still, we converted to the semi-automatic pistol, the .45 S&W 4586 Pistol. Once again, I got permission, received, and grand-fathered in with my old Colt .38 Revolver until my retirement in 2020. I loved my Colt, I knew my OP like the back of my hand. The. OP would be considered a "custom" revolver by today's standards. The Colt Factory OP's had a "hand-honed" and "hand-fitted" trigger-action that was done by a Colt Mastercraftsman. These were no part bins assembly, the manufacture of the Colt OP "demanded" the services of a highly skilled craftsman. The "precise-fitting" of the side-plate to the frame was a work-of-art in itself, and this was an ordinary cop duty .38 revolver! As you can imaging the labor cost would ultimately doom the OP from the Colt production line. Before WW 2 the OP, combined with the smaller frame Police Positive Special was the number one purchase of many agencies. After WW 2 was concluded, in the early 50's if memory serves, Colt allowed a "union" to form within the rank and file employees. Unions started doing what unions do, demanding more money and better benefits. Like playing cards with the devil, you ain't gonna win! As Colt complied with union demands for "more", the cost of the product line rosin order for Colt to continue.When your competitor, the S&W Model 10, being an excellent service revolver itself, but way underselling the Colt offerings. The Colt people would subsequently price themselves out of customers, law enforcement and private sales. This short history lesson has more sidebars to it, but the Colt OP's past reputation for quality service carried on for many years after its production stopped in 1968. I was the recipient of this fine Colt craftsmanship for most of the duration of my career. I was a very pro-active Colt Revolver owner, after all my life "could" depend on how well it and me performed in that critical moment. Sorry for the length of this post, I thought you might find it interesting to speak with someone that used the OP as a part of his day-to-day job. Your "round-butt" OP is part of a "special" order, that was not standard, the NYPD used the round butt OP on a limited basis, most of their OP contract buys were the square butt models. Forgive my lengthy passion sir. David

My handsdown favorite revolver.❤

I got two of those Both in 38 special Both made in the 50’s (52 & 55 respectively)

Excellent revolvers. Have a late model 4 inch, and a 1930s vintage 6 inch ,38s and a post war 6 inch 22lr. FYI in Death Wish, Bronson was given a 32 Police Positive. Always felt it should have been a 38 Official Police

Recently acquired a nearly mint 1959, 4” OP, w/square butt. Love it! I’m mostly a S&W guy, but getting into Colts. The lockup on mine (when I push the cylinder back in) sounds like a Swiss watch compared to the clicks my S&Ws make. Also, the double action is sorta long, heavy, but very smooth. No complaints. Thanks for your videos! Always enjoy them.

Pretty good shooting! I was unaware of the significant difference in rifling between the Colt and the S&W . Hatcher's book is quite a reference work, but almost certainly out of print. Do you know of a good source?

Nice Colt! Is that more of a Python size frame or a Detective Special frame size? Looks like a Python size I frame from what I can tell. Reminds me of the Colt Marshall.

I was gonna say that small Text Book just Looked like a Fed Book or FBI Book!

I've been considering one of these made in the 1950's. I have a couple of S & W 10-5's, one made in 1963 I just purchased, so not like I need another classic 4-inch .38 revolver. However, it's hard not to love a Colt. Decisions...

Same as the Iver Johnson pistols

Wow that K frame looks like it went through WWIII

38 S&W 38 used 158 grain RN bullet

The cylinder don't spin when loaded? Do you know why and how I can fix it?

38 S&W bore .381 38 Secial bore .357

I have a good question? Did colt or Smith & Wesson make a 7 or 8 or 9 shot 38 cal. Revolver?????

Have the 38-200 version of both. Perfect condition as new. Paid $200 each. Interestingly the barrels are the standard bore for .38 Special not the .361 ish diameter of the UK Guns. So basically .38 Short. Great for the range and both are +P rated so you can load it up to 9mm pressures no problems. Both very high quality trigger pull and overall manufacture.

Colt`s version of the Smith Military & Police. Just a little bigger.

When MG rolls to the range, he shoots alone. Also, why are shooting at 100 yards with the Colt??

Just picked one up today, can't wait to shoot it.

exuse me 146 grain