Good luck. If you do have one of the M1911s made in .38 Special, they are EXTREMELY rare... those and the S&W Model 52 were the only .38 Special automatics ever made, they were designed specifically to fire only wadcutter ammunition, and were designed for one specific bulls eye competition. Gun Broker or Auction Arms would be your best bet.
Depends on which Colt. The colt police positive .38 & bankers special with serial # 329802 was produced in 1930. The colt police positive special & detective special with serial # 329802 was produced in 1926.
About 1913 for a Colt police positive special with that serial number.
Are you sure the serial number is correct? The Colt detective special was first produced in 1927 with a starting serial number of 331000,The Colt police positive special from which the Colt detective special was derived from with the serial number 153817 was made in 1918
Proofhouse.com has serial number tables for Colt.
your colt detective special dates to the year 1949 by the serial number provided.
That does not seem to be a serial number for a Colt DS.
The Colt detective special was derived from the Colt positive special in 1927and the starting serial number for that year was 331000 so the serial number you show of 3021 does not match up as a Colt detective special. Now if the serial number was 383021 then it was made in 1930.
The serial number you give is too low to be a Colt detective special. Colt detective specials were produced in 1927 starting with serial number 331000.They were cut-down versions of the Colt police positive specials. Now the Colt police positive special with that serial number was made in 1912.
According to proofhouse.com a Colt police positive special with that serial number was made in 1957.
That Colt police positive special with serial # 594826was manufactured in 1951.
A Colt police positive special with that serial number was made in 1964.
Colt army special was produced in 1916.