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32 COLT NEW POLICE
32-COLT-NP-PETERS-FULL
32-COLT-NP-UMC-FULL
32-COLT-NP-WRACO-1-FULL
32-COLT-NP-WRACO-2-FULL
32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-1-FULL
32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-3-FULL
32-COLT-NP-1
32-COLT-NP-AMRON
32-COLT-NP-ELEY
32-COLT-NP-PETERS
32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-1
32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-2
32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-3
32-COLT-NP-R-P
32-COLT-NP-UMC
32-COLT-NP-USCCO
32-COLT-NP-WCCO
32-COLT-NP-WRA-1
32-COLT-NP-WRACO-1
32-COLT-NP-WRACO-2
IMPERIAL HANDGUN .30" up .349

32 COLT NEW POLICE

32 · 14 headstamps · 6 scans
Calibre32
In the cabinetIMPERIAL HANDGUN .30" up .349 · 20 images
Headstamp of 32 COLT NEW POLICE
Reading the headstamp
12 o'clockMaker's name or factory code
6 o'clockCalibre or year of manufacture
CentrePrimer — Berdan or Boxer, and any seal colour
32-COLT-NP-1 32-COLT-NP-AMRON 32-COLT-NP-ELEY 32-COLT-NP-PETERS 32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-1 32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-2 32-COLT-NP-REM-UMC-3 32-COLT-NP-R-P 32-COLT-NP-UMC 32-COLT-NP-USCCO 32-COLT-NP-WCCO 32-COLT-NP-WRA-1 32-COLT-NP-WRACO-1 32-COLT-NP-WRACO-2

Research notes

As with the 38 S&W and the 38 Colt New Police, this was the designation that Colt gave to the 32 S&W Long cartridge so that they did not have to stamp the name of their rival on the revolvers they manufactured. Colt had cartridges loaded for them with a flat nosed lead bullet, claiming it provided better stopping power for self-defence. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 324)

Provenance

2025Catalogued in the collection
Same drawer

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