You can find much good information online about guns on YouTube but you may also talk to gun store owners, gun owners, go to gun shows, or go to a shooting range and ask questions. Im sure the Colt website has a plethora of information on their firearms with exact specifications of each gun and every detail and they probably also mail out information and catalogs for free if you request it.
A Colt Model M (also referred to by collectors as a Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless) in .380 ACP serial number 38366 was manufactured in 1920. For more information on this and other pre-WWII Colt firearms, visit http://www.coltautos.com .
If you look up " Colt Archives" on the internet there is a service for a fee from Colt that could possibly help you find out more information about your police positive.
The .454 Casull is a firearm cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Jack Fullmer and Dick Casull. Wikipedia has some general information about the cartridge. More specific information can be found on firearms websites such as the Firearms Forum and the Firearm Blog.
The Colt Single Action Scout Buntline with the serial number 43169K was manufactured in 1970. Colt's serial number system indicates that this specific model was produced during that year. If you need more detailed information about the firearm, consulting Colt's official records or a firearms historian could be beneficial.
The date of a Colt Huntsman serial number can be determined by referencing Colt's manufacturing records, which typically link specific serial numbers to production years. If you have the serial number, you can look it up in Colt's official records or consult Colt collectors' resources for more precise dating. Each Colt firearm has a unique serial number that helps identify its production date. If you need detailed information, consider reaching out to Colt or a knowledgeable firearms historian.
Contact Colt Firearms. They can give you a "factory letter",with will start the search process. the shipping date and destination, the only additional information you are likely to find on a factory letter is the original configuration and unless you are trying to prove that some special feature like ivory grips are factory original, you will not learn anything more than you already know from a factory letter.
Circa 1890-1930. Would have to have more information to get closer. sales@countrygunsmith.net
There is a website that can help find this information. Please see "related links" below for more specific information on that serial number.
Need more information. What type of Colt is it?
Many firearms manufacturers are owned and operated within the US. Among the more prominent manufacturers are Colt, Kimber, Springfield Armory, Bushmaster, Browning, Winchester, Marlin, Mossberg, Remington, etc.
It would have been made between 1886 and 1916. You can find a fair amount of information about Stevens guns in Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms or The Standard Catalog of Firearms. Flayderman's bibliography will reference other sources of more detailed information.
The pistol had six shots as opposed to the earlier single shot pistols. So, a Colt shot six times more then the earlier single shot pistols and rifles. The Colt brought reliability that earlier multi-shot firearms lacked.