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 Colt Army Special .38 serial number 323678 with 6" barrel
- Blue finish with hard rubber grips. Revolver is one of a shipment
purchased by the City of New York for the Bureau of Water Supply Police
(BWS). The New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Police, also known as DEP Police, and formerly known as the Bureau of Water
Supply Police and the Aqueduct Police, is a law enforcement agency in New
York whose duties are to protect and preserve the New York City water supply
system, the nation's largest single source water supply. The department has
protected and preserved the water supply system for over 100 years.
For more information on the City of New York Bureau of Water Supply Police,
click
here.
Marked on left of
barrel:
 Colt Army Special Number 323678
- right side. Top of barrel contains patent dates.
 Top and back of hammer are fire blued
and the sides of hammer are polished white.
"City of New York BWS" inscription (above) is in place of the Colt logo
(below) on the left side of the frame.
Left side plate with rampant Colt and stylized "C" logo. Trigger
and screws are fire blued.
 Left side barrel marking. Knob of ejector rod is color case
hardened.
Top barrel marking:
COLT'S PT.F A.MFG. CO. HARTFORD CT. U.S.A.
PAT'D AUG.5.1884 JUNE 5.1900 JULY 4. 1905
 Serial number 320458 visible
on the frame when cylinder is open.
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