Sir, I appreciate your video of the old Colt Official Police. Your postwar production OP has a nice looking Matt-black finish, Colt Target Stocks, and a six-inch barrel. I am well acquainted with the Colt OP, As a cop from 1971 unto 2020, my OP went to work with me as my on-duty arm. It was given to me as a Christmas present Christmas Eve 1971 by kind and loving parents. I had just joined the local PD and was issued a S&W Model 10 for duty use. When I received my Colt, I had to get qualified to carry it on duty. After getting over that hurdle my Colt would ride with me in the squad car for many years. I loved the trigger-action of my OP, along with the comfortable "feel" of the OP to my gun-hand. I had purchased a beautiful set of walnut Herrett "Shooting Star" Target Grips for my Colt. Rubber Grips had not been introduced in 1971 and the Herrett's really accented the look of my Colt. A 1959 production OP, with a worn blue steel finish. This Colt was purchased one week before ChristmasEve 71 from a local gun store by my Dad. It was a PD trade-in and this same gun store had a small pile of these PD-trade-in Colt OP's. The sales clerk told my Dad these were trade-ins from a large PD up north. They had traded their aging Colts in on S&W Model 10's, with a heavy barrel feature. Over the passing years I researched my Colt, seeking the development, date of production start, production date of my OP (1959), and the general history of this and other Colt firearms. A Colt OP has a hand-honed and hand-fitted trigger action, made and installed by a Colt Master Gunsmith. These babies would be modern day custom jobs by todays standards. The assembly of the side plate to the Fram was/is a job of extreme precision. The OP required the attention of the Colt Master Gunsmith in the assembly process. The OP could be considered the "Dad" of the legendary Python. Same frame, same dedication to the production Aswan done on the OP. Anyway, sorry for the length, I carried this Colt for a long while. I was blessed and looked after by our Heavenly Father, as I was involved in only one shooting incident. No one died thanks to the Good Lord. My Colt has a two agency history of duty use. Special to me, I was grandfathered in when our PD went to the semi-automatic pistol for duty use. Thanks again sir!
Sir, I appreciate your video of the old Colt Official Police. Your postwar production OP has a nice looking Matt-black finish, Colt Target Stocks, and a six-inch barrel. I am well acquainted with the Colt OP, As a cop from 1971 unto 2020, my OP went to work with me as my on-duty arm. It was given to me as a Christmas present Christmas Eve 1971 by kind and loving parents. I had just joined the local PD and was issued a S&W Model 10 for duty use. When I received my Colt, I had to get qualified to carry it on duty. After getting over that hurdle my Colt would ride with me in the squad car for many years. I loved the trigger-action of my OP, along with the comfortable "feel" of the OP to my gun-hand. I had purchased a beautiful set of walnut Herrett "Shooting Star" Target Grips for my Colt. Rubber Grips had not been introduced in 1971 and the Herrett's really accented the look of my Colt. A 1959 production OP, with a worn blue steel finish. This Colt was purchased one week before ChristmasEve 71 from a local gun store by my Dad. It was a PD trade-in and this same gun store had a small pile of these PD-trade-in Colt OP's. The sales clerk told my Dad these were trade-ins from a large PD up north. They had traded their aging Colts in on S&W Model 10's, with a heavy barrel feature. Over the passing years I researched my Colt, seeking the development, date of production start, production date of my OP (1959), and the general history of this and other Colt firearms. A Colt OP has a hand-honed and hand-fitted trigger action, made and installed by a Colt Master Gunsmith. These babies would be modern day custom jobs by todays standards. The assembly of the side plate to the Fram was/is a job of extreme precision. The OP required the attention of the Colt Master Gunsmith in the assembly process. The OP could be considered the "Dad" of the legendary Python. Same frame, same dedication to the production Aswan done on the OP. Anyway, sorry for the length, I carried this Colt for a long while. I was blessed and looked after by our Heavenly Father, as I was involved in only one shooting incident. No one died thanks to the Good Lord. My Colt has a two agency history of duty use. Special to me, I was grandfathered in when our PD went to the semi-automatic pistol for duty use. Thanks again sir!