SOLD WONDERFUL 1940 COLT DETECTIVE SPECIAL, 1st ISSUE WITH COLT LETTER, MINT CRISP STUNNER!
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IN 98% MINT CRISP CONDITION,WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF A PRE-WAR PRODUCTION COLT DETECTIVE 38 SPECIAL REVOLVER. THIS REVOLVER WAS WAS SHIPPED TO JOHNSON & HILLS OF WISCONSIN ON AUG 2, 1940. PROBABLY WAS USED TO GUARD THE US STRATEGIC CHEESE RESERVE FROM NAZI INFILTRATORS.
THE BORE IS MINT AND IT IS INDEED A HUGE FIND TO LOCATE SUCH AN EARLY DETECTIVE SPEICAL SUCH AS THIS IN SUCH EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AS THEY ARE USUALLY GUNS THAT WERE CARRIED FREQUENTLY. THIS IS A CLASSIC PIECE OF HISTORY FROM THE THE GREAT DEPRESSION PRE WW2 ERA AND ALL THOSE HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES. I KEEP THINKING OF ALL THOSE “THIN MAN” MOVIES AND ALL THE OTHER FILMS OF THAT PERIOD WHERE WE SEE SOME ACTOR WAIVING ONE OF THESE AROUND IN SOME SCENE. ONE CAN ONLY WONDER WHY THIS GUN WAS PURCHASED AND HOW IT WAS USED OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A PREMIER INVESTMENT GRADE COLT.
