The Banker's Special can be considered the baby brother to the more common Detective Special and it features a smaller frame and shorter cylinder to accommodate the.38 Colt. This is a very well preserved rare Bankers Special! To find one in this condition is a real find! El capitan download installer. Search for hlvfineguns on google for more details. Curio&Relic (M) LBAE (12) F. 428 -18 SOLD Curio/Relic: Yes Manufacturer: Colt Model: Bankers Special Serial Number: 364344 Caliber Info: 38 Colt New Police Chambers: Minty Condition: 98% And Better.

Colt Banker’s Special

• Manufactured in 1934. One of Colt's finest double action revolvers. 6 shot fluted swing out cylinder. 2 piece walnut grips with full checkering and silver Rampant Colt Medallions. Rampant Colt on left side of the frame. Checkered trigger. '22 / BANKERS SPECIAL' on left side of barrel. Patent dates on right side of barrel. Blade front sight.
• Colt Bankers Special In Near New Condition. Seller: Harry Viezens. Item Number: 1455. The pistol's serial number is 364344. This pistol is chambered for the 38 Colt New Police cartridge. This is a very well preserved rare Bankers Special! To find one in this condition is.
• The serial number is 361771. One side of the barrel has 38 Bankers Special and the other has Colt PTFA Mfg Co, Hartford, CT USA with the bottom line showing the patent dates of Aug 5, 1884, Jul 4, 1905 and Oct 5, 1926.

The Colt Banker's Special is one of the most valuable of the small 'modern' Colts. It was made from 1926 to 1943 with a very short barrel (2 inches). A total of 35,000 were manufactured in the following calibers: 22 LR (very rare), 32 S&W Long, and 38 S&W (I have seen these advertised as being chambered for the 38 Special cartridge, I have never seen one in 38 SPL, and the cylinder is not long enough to hold a 38 SPL cartridge. I think that some get confused because it says Banker's Special along side the number 38, so they assume it must be 38 SPL). The Banker's Special was the official side-arm of the US Post Office railway clerks. The Hong Kong Police ordered quite a few of these in the S&W 38 caliber, and some of these Hong Kong revolvers were later exported to Uruguay when the Hong Kong police moved to a more modern handgun. An interesting footnote to the Banker's Special is that on the 60s TV programs from Hollywood (77 Sunset Strip and the FBI series) Efraim Zimbalist Jr. carried a Banker's Special. He was not a large man, so all other revolvers that were put in his hand made him look even smaller. Someone purchased a Banker's Special in the 32 Long Colt caliber and that is what he carried for the duration of those shows. I have no idea how many actual 'Bankers' purchased these guns designed for them - it seems that it was more popular with law enforcement officers and even military personnel than with Bankers themselves.

Colt Bankers Special Serial Numbers Number

The photos here are of a Colt Banker's Special in my personal collection. It is serial # 355856 and is in almost mint condition with only a bit of surface rust on the right side. It has the two inch barrel and overall is 6 1/2 inches. What made these Colts popular and easy to use was that while they were small guns with short barrels they also had full-sized grips, so were quite easy to handle, and they were surprisingly accurate.

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