Once registered you will have access to participate in our community.There is a bit of rust so opening the cylinder is not yet possible.I was told the gun is approx.
When you get the cylinder freed up, it should be in the same place as it is on SW wheelies, right on the frame right above where the crane pivots. Im assuming you have the grips off and are soaking it in some type of oil. Does any one have an idea what year it was manufactured I already looked online at Proofhouse.com. Colt Detective Special Lookup Serial Number Would HaveThe numbers for the Detective Spl are supposed to be included in the Police Positive section, but the 63,000 range of serial number would have been made in 1913. The lettered prefixes start at D in 1966, then back to A in early 1970, B in later 1970 and all the way to M in 1976. They then apparently switched to suffixes of M and R through 1977. Is this revolver an early one without the shrouded ejector rod Got-R-Did. The barrel is heavy with shroud over the ejector rod.From the description on various sites it could be from the 80s or the short run in the 90s. It may very well be a variant known as the Commando Special, produced from 1984-86. Some of them even had Commando Spacial stamped in the barrel.I will call Colt customer service today to see if they can help. Every serial number database I know of does not include these. The database cut off point if before the reintroduction of the Detective Special. None of us knows. It would have been helpful if you would have given us the information about the pistol up front. I would have known my books cut off before the date this pistol was made. Frequently folks come to this board asking for help and dont give enough information for an intelligent answer to be given. I did not have it all to begin with until I started researching. I was able to get my daughter to up load the photo last night after she got in from work. Also I did in the original post state that the Proof house information stopped in 1978, and I was using my reading glasses and a strong light.
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