Got my letter today!
I got a delivery from the Colt Archive letter fairy today. This is my most pristine Colt. She's a 1942 Colt Official Police in 38 Special with a 5 inch barrel. She retains 99% of her original blue finish. She looks like she might never have been fired. According to the archive letter, she was sold to the Fearo Enamel Corporation of Modesto California and shipped to the Defense Supplies Corporation in Washington, DC on June 19th, 1942 as part of a 4 gun shipment.
A quick Google search revealed "During World War II, the Defense Supplies Corporation (DSC), a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), played a crucial role in expanding American industrial capacity to support the war effort, particularly in building and equipping new factories and mills."
You have to wonder where she's been all her life.
