Fortunately, their current management are dyed-in-the-wool gun guys, rather than corporate suits. As an overarching strategy, pissing off your customers by advocating for federal restrictions on civilian firearms ownership is not exactly a winning formula, yet Colt’s CEO at the time managed to bring down the wrath of the American consumer by doing just that. Over reliance on military contracts, labor disputes, and management short-sightedness forced the company into bankruptcy, an event which for the past few decades seemed to occur like the emergence of cicada swarms. While dimensionally identical, the new gun shaved 6 ounces from its predecessor’s weight, while retaining its advantage over its nearest domestic competitor - Smith & Wesson’s diminutive J Frame was a tad smaller, but the Colt offered a six-round payload.Įjector rod is sized for a 2-inch barrel and sacrifices full length stroke.
In 1950, an aluminum-framed version of the Dick Special was introduced and christened the Cobra. After a couple of hundred Fitz Specials were moved out of the New Haven factory, Colt’s management decided to formally add the custom gun to their catalog, minus the hammer and trigger guard mods, and thus the Detective Special was born.
The Fitz Special chopped the revolver’s barrel to 2 inches, shortened the ejector rod, and bobbed both the grip and hammer spur - but the most noticeable feature, that of its open trigger guard, was always more of a conversation starter than a practical modification. Eventually selling over three quarters of a million units, the Police Positive spawned offshoots such as the very first snubnose belly gun, created as a custom proposition by Colt employee John Henry Fitzgerald in the 1920s.
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