How is it that a firearm that was introduced during the Edwardian era and represents the best-made revolvers of the time can be overlooked by collectors? "The guns themselves are kind of, by collectors, ignored, looked over. You've got your guys that like your big calibers. You've got your New Service collectors out there that collect the .44s, the .45s, the guns that were used in World War I, the 1917s, things like that," NRA Museums Director Philip Schreier said.
" But if you start looking at them in the collector's eye, the guns that were made in the '20s and '30s, there were no finer revolvers made on Earth. The fit and finish, the blue, that royal Colt blue on those guns is literally artistry. You just don't find that anywhere on any gun, you know, from that time period."
These revolvers were, as the name implies, created for law enforcement. The peace officer market was (and remains) very important to the firearms industry, but this era in American firearms history saw a trend that continues to this day: Firearms marketed for the police are even more popular with our civilians. In this terrific episode of American Rifleman TV, you'll get familiar with the Colt Police Positive and what makes it such an underestimated collector's item.
