Tanaka Works :

Colt Police Positive Special .38

4in Barrel - With Real Look Firing Cartridges

Full Colt markings like the original (no visible makers name)

In very good condition, unfired.

Includes original box, original instructions, 6x Tanaka .38  Firing Cartridges (take 1x 7mm PFC Primer Cap / not included)

We ship Internationally,  please ask for shipping quote.  Any questions :  sales@mg-props.co.uk

PFC Primer caps:  

£9.50 per box  (1 box = 100 PFC caps)  These are needed to make the bang and smoke!

In 1907 Colt introduced what they billed as the smallest and lightest .38 Special revolver ever made. The company called it the Police Positive Special.

The Colt Police Positive Special is a small-frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder, primarily chambered for .38 Special. The Police Positive Special was intended primarily for sale to law enforcement agencies and enjoys the distinction of being Colt’s most widely produced revolver design, with over 750,000 built

In the early 20th century, the Colt Positive and Positive Special teamed with Colt's other admired model, the Official Police, to capture most of the law enforcement firearms market. Very popular with law enforcement officers due to its light weight, the Positive Special went through a number of series or “issues”. The first issue ran from introduction to 1927 and had the early 1900-era distinctive Colt black hard rubber grips. The second issue introduced wooden grips which were smooth in the early years,

The word “Positive” in the name referred to the positive hammer block safety that Colt had just added which positively prevented a gun dropped on its hammer from firing accidentally. This was a great safety feature, as previous guns like the famed Colt Single Action Army were commonly carried with the hammer down on an empty chamber because of so many accidental discharges.

The Police Positive was very successful; along with the Colt Official Police it dominated the law enforcement firearms market in the early 1900s. The Positive was itself incrementally modified in 1908, forming the basis for Colt's Police Positive Special model.

A nickel Police Positive with pearl grips and .32 calibre was used by Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey in Death Wish.  American gangster Al Capone also used a Police Positive, a nickel .38 Police Positive with walnut grips and a 4-inch barrel, manufactured in 1929; in June 2011 a private collector sold it at Christie's for the sum of £67,250/$109,080 /€75,656

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