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Colt Banker’s Special
Colt Double Action Revolvers top. 1877 Lightning 1878 Frontier 1889 Navy 1892, 94, 95, 96, 1901, 03, New Army & Navy Models 1905 Marine Corps Army Special & Officer's Model Bankers Special Camp Perry Model Cobra, Aircrewman, Courier & Agent Commando Detective Special Diamondback MK III, Lawman., Metropolitan, Official Police 1969 - 1978. Colt saa date of manufacture by serial number. First, identifying a Colt revolver can be frustrating because beginning in 1840 Colt always started each new model at serial number 1, and progressed upward until the model was discontinued, OR until the mid-1960's when the serial number system changed to meet Federal law Serial Number Lookup. Colt Derringers and Pocket Pistols top. Baby Dragoon Pocket Belt Model. Colt Single Action Revolvers top. Bankers Special Camp Perry Model. Colt Police Positive Banker’s Special copy.38 S&W (C12296) Colt Police Positive Banker’s Special copy.38 S&W caliber revolver.
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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 22
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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