The Colt Official Police is a medium frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder, primarily chambered for the .38 Special cartridge, and manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company.

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A Colt Official Police in the hands of courageous, mortally wounded White House guard Leslie Coffelt killed an attempted assassin of Harry Truman in 1950. Decades later, there was a Colt Official Police in the hands of the NYPD officer who forced Mark David Chapman to surrender at gunpoint after he had murdered John Lennon.

2020年6月26日 · Colt’s Official Police revolver was an improvement on the Army Special model and featured a medium-size frame with double-action lockwork. The gun’s swing-out cylinder was initially chambered...

The S&W M10 (top) and Colt Official Police (bottom) were the two preeminent .38 Special platforms through most of the double-action revolver era. Long before cops shifted to auto-pistols, there was a time — a fairly long time — when the LE market was dominated by the humble .38 caliber double-action revolver.

The Colt Official Police was introduced in 1927 and is a medium frame, double-action, six-round revolver. It was released and marketed to law enforcement agencies and it became one of the best selling police firearms of all time.

2011年1月3日 · Colt revolvers were the most popular law enforcement sidearms in the world, and no Colt product personified the law enforcement handgun better than the Official Police Revolver. Colt's first swing-out cylinder, double-action revolver, the Model of 1889, was adopted by the U.S. Navy, followed by the Army three years later.

2023年8月27日 · Colt's Official Police revolver is based on their larger I-frame, previously used in their New Army revolver. Options included barrel lengths of 4, 5, and 6 inches and a choice of blue or nickel finish. While most of the revolvers were chambered for the .38 Special, Colt also offered it in .22 LR, .32-20, and .41 Long Colt.

2017年3月17日 · Before the advent of semi-autos, two .38s—the Colt Official Police (left) and S&W Model 10 (right)— dominated the police world. The Official Police was Colt’s best-selling double-action revolver in the company’s storied history.

The Official Police would serve as a prime police issue gun into the 1960s, and was highly favored by private guard services, industrial plant guards, and civilian gun owners wanting a powerful and strong revolver.