which of course sold about as well as the Colt 2000. The Detective Special never heard from again. As far as snub-nosed revolvers go, the Detective Special was the world champion of the ...

As a result of the .38 Spl. cartridges’ popularity, the revolver market began to shift away from the older .32 New Police cartridge, which the Colt Detective Special was also chambered for in ...

38 caliber Colt Cobra snub-nose revolver — "for that strange ... closely to one we found in a mid-1970s ad for a Colt Detective Special (third series, introduced in 1973): And what about ...

The only moment of clarity for this snub-nosed .38-caliber Colt Cobra came on the Sunday ... will be sold for a third time to that special breed of American who has a penchant for ghoulish history.

Image: Bonnie and Clyde were killed in 1934 The guns - a snub-nosed .38 special and a Colt .45 - were purchased separately by one anonymous collector from Texas, meaning they will be kept together.

Image: Bonnie and Clyde were killed in 1934 The guns - a snub-nosed .38 special and a Colt .45 - were purchased separately by one anonymous collector from Texas, meaning they will be kept together.