Colt ~ Officers Model Special ~ .22 LR

The Colt Officer's Model is a double-action revolver with a medium frame, produced between 1904 and 1972 and which was mainly focused on sport shooting. In 1949 the Officer's Model Special was announced, which was only produced chambered for the .22 LR and .38 Special cartridges, which featured an adjustable Coltmaster rear sight. It was replaced in 1953. The featured revolver is a 1950 example chambered in .22 Long Rifle. The rear sight is Colt's Coltmaster sight, adjustable for windage and elevation. The long ramp front sight gives the revolver a distinctive profile, while the heavy barrel and full-sized grip frame make it feel more like a serious match revolver than a casual plinker. Original grips with reddish-brown Coltwood service-style plastic stocks. The Officers Model Special occupies a short production window. That short production run is part of the attraction. Colt did not make the Officers Model Special for decades. It did not become a mass-market police gun. It lived in the narrow space between the older target models and the later Match variation, which means a correct Special should be examined as its own model rather than as a generic Officers Model. The .22 LR Officers Model Special appeals to a specific kind of Colt collector. It is not as visually famous as the Python, not as common as the Official Police, and not as widely recognized as the Smith & Wesson K-22. That relative obscurity is exactly why it is interesting. This example is still in great shape and shows little use. A rare find that would appeal to either a Colt collectors of Rimfire collector.