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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. |
