″++COLT OFFICIAL POLICE .38 S&ampW S″

Colt Official Police in .38 Special. The Colt Official Police is a medium frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder. It was manufactured by the Colt Manufacturing Company. Released in 1908 as the Colt Army Special, the revolver was renamed the "Colt's Official Police" in 1927 in order to better market law enforcement agencies. It became one of the bestselling police firearms of all time, eventually coming to exemplify typical law enforcement officer weaponry in the 1950s. The Official Police was also used by various U.S. and allied military forces during World War II. Manufactured in 1966. No box.