Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Your favorite "junk" revolver

By "junk" I mean that you paid under $300 for it but still think it's cool. Let's see em

Paid $275.00 for this old Colt Official Police. Mechanically perfect, and a great shooter. Lots of honest finish wear, so likely carried a lot and shot a little.

PS Colt issued a statement with this revolver (after S&W came out with the .38/44 Heavy Duty) that this model Colt (The Official Police - built on the "41-Frame," originally designed for a .41 caliber round that's now obsolete) was fully up to shooting the .38/44 loads (bridging the pressure/power gap between +P .38 Special and .357 Magnum) designed for the S&W N-Frame Heavy Duty (You might say the .38/44 load was the pre-.357 Magnum). The Official Police was a good bit overbuilt for .38 Special, thus its ability to handle it. A very solid gun, even if not quite as beefy as an N-Frame. It was likely the equal to the S&W L-Frame, that came out much later.

PPS Barney Fife, of the Andy Griffith Show, was alternatively seen with the Colt Official Police and the S&W M&P.

No pic, but I've got a 3" Rossi .38 Spl. snubby that works, and works well. 158 LRN bullets shoot to the sights.

Heck, I've shot prairie dog pups with it at 40-45 yards, it shoots plenty good.

It's not slick and smooth like a broken-in Smith, but J-frames ain't K-frames, either, they can be pretty rough, too.

This old Rossi was my late brother's gun, one of the few really worth keeping (he had "questionable" tastes in his firearms)He also had a Davis .380 that I tried to give away (to a gunsmith, for parts) and he refused it.. I'll hang onto it as long as I'm alive. It was a big surprise to me, to see how well it shoots.

How long ago did you get it for that price?

I'm going to guess about ten years ago. Why?

I bought it at a pawn shop.

Good price

I paid $165 for this junk revolver.

When I got it most of the bluing was gone but no pitting.

So I sandblasted it and Cerakoted it graphite black.

It's my favorite revolver now.

Early three screw single six

I know it ain't a revolver but the only "junk" gun I own.

Commander sized .45 I cobbled together one bored weekend. Had the internals and other parts laying around, a beat up old colt frame and a complete no name upper (probably Armscore). Dang thing shoots better than I can and I have zero cash in it.

Locally, old Colt OPs and others of that time frame don't hold their value like S&Ws do.

I was able to buy an older Colt Trooper (4" .38 Spl.) for practically a song and dance some years ago. It shot great, but the grip size is just a bit too big for my paws. My hands fit a K or L-frame Smith better. I gotta say that the Colt shot very, very well, though.

An early, Riverhead NY, US Arms Abilene 7 1/2" 44 Mag. Beat up on the outside, dead tight, a slick as goose poop action with a fine 2 1/2# trigger. I bought it in 2004 for $165 OTD from a pawn shop in Crosby Texas. I have no factory Ruger that even comes close in build quality.

Thinking a bit more, this Colt falls into the under $300 line. I bought it a couple of years ago.

Apparently both of my revolvers are pieces of junk.....grin.

I've got a 1970's Ruger SBH 44 Mag I bought new for $168.00, and an early 1980's Ruger Security Six I paid about $248.00 new.

Who knew?

You got that Colt for under three bills????

Well if I look back a number of years I, like you, have a pile. I gave $375 for my first M29 in 1978. New in the wood case from a local gunshop. I still have it.

Sometimes I wish I was ancient...

I have a nice older model Charter Arms 3" 22 Mag I paid $250 for. Nice handy little kit gun.

I have ALOT of Ruger and Smith revolvers than are a tad under $300
but like a few have mentioned they were all purchased at least a decade ago. Those days are long gone.


My favorite JUNK revolver is a JC Higgins Model 88 which is a High Standard Sentinel clone once sold by Sears. $100 and it has been a phenomenal plinker.

My best for under $300 is a 3" S&W M13 that I got for $275 OTD. It was stuck in a corner of the LGS cabinet with the Rossis and Tauri. Lots of blue wear, but tight and it has a super trigger. I doubt I'll ever sell that one.

WW

1930s vintage Colt Official Police.

I paid $140.

It served as a house gun for the wife when we first got together, as it was all I could afford.





It is marked "JPD" on the bottom of the grip frame, and the grips appear to show wear from being carried in a flap holster.

Very nice.

Amazing price for a Police Positive in that condition.