IF ITS OLDER IT MAY BE THE SERIAL # , IF ITS NOT IT MAY BE AN INVENTORY #
The Serial # is 310571
Could be the issued officer's initials and badge number.
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From what I've learned on the Internet, the number on the butt is a government inventory control number. The serial number is stamped on the frame of the revolver; look for it after swinging out the cylinder.
Check the butt
The butt.
Look on the butt of the revolver
From "The Book Of Colt Firearms" your revolver was manufactured in 1962. As far as being issued to a police force, without a letter from Colt Archives, that's anyone's guess. Some will have P.D. stampings on the back strap or butt. Blair
depends on the model revolver. single action just in front of trigger guard............ modern revolver bottom of butt............
Check the butt.
Butt or crane area
Proofhouse.com has Colt sn tables. You can also call Colt and they will tell you.
There is no such thing. The Cowboy Ranger revolver is not made by Colt. The reason it has Colt stamped on the barrel is because you can use Colt ammunition. The Cowboy Ranger revolver is a pre WW1 revolver that was distributed in the US but also brought over from the soldiers as they returned from the war. If you can find any information on the manufacturing date and how to identify it please let me know