Colt Police Positive Special

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This early-1920s Colt Police Positive Special in .38 Special is big enough to shoot comfortably, yet small enough to pack unobtrusively.
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The concept of what constitutes the ideal police handgun seems to be an ever-changing one. Here in the age of the polymer DAO auto, the era when the double-action revolver was considered the optimum piece of ordnance in law enforcement may seem like ancient history.
(This, of course, isn’t exactly true. Whereas the double-action revolver has been supplanted as the primary duty tool, small-frame snubnose revolvers are still extremely popular as backup guns.)
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Prior to the 1960s, S&W’s biggest competition in the law enforcement market was, of course, Colt. The Python, Official Police and Trooper filled the big-frame (in this case .41-caliber) duty-gun niche. But two of the most popular Colt offerings were smaller and lighter. They were the aptly named the Detective Special and the Police Positive.