Came across an old Colt Banker's Special.

by Andrew , Bloomington, IN, Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:39 (3956 days ago)

I haven't ever seen one in person before, so I asked to look at it. Nickeled, and since the hammer and trigger were nickel also I am guessing not factory. What was interesting though was the nicely engraved "FIGHTER NEILSON" on the right side, and a "No. 12746" on the butt. The serial number put production at 1931. Anybody seen anything like this? The number on the butt leads me to think it was some sort of department issue, but the name engraved is puzzling. For $750 I'll let it be somebody else's mystery. The pawn shop dude wouldn't let me take pics of it.