[pingman]

Based on this listing at Gunbroker, I’d say “Hell yeah!” unless it’s in really rough shape.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=394793716

[thackney]

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/colt-commando-38-special-c7902/#.Uwe9ivldV8E

[yarddog]

About right for a used but good gun.

I had one years ago and it was a fine shooter especially with wad cutters within 25 yards.

[atomic_dog]

You got a good deal on a fine reliable firearm there. If you reload, try inverted hollow-base wadcutters. Makes for interesting wound channels.

[Joe Boucher]

Take it to a trusted range and shoot it til it feels like your trigger finger extended.
Fill it full of hollow point devestators and feel a little safer.
Never Ever register it nor tell anyone you own it.
Buy ammo with cash.
Good luck.

[Gen.Blather]

Oh Hell, yeah! I bought a ‘50’s .38 from an ex-cop. It looked like it had been fired once a year. It’s AWESOME! I can hit anything with it. Somebody threw out a bottle cap and I nailed it at 30 feet with one shot.

A revolver is the best for home defense. It won’t jamb. Totally reliable. The Colt’s an even better gun. You done good.

[Fido969]

It’s a great deal. Colts are over-priced, and you made out very well.

[DCBryan1]

You did okay if not better. With Colts and Title 2 firearms, you can never pay too much but you can always buy too early :)

[Kevmo]

TTIUWOP

How long is the barrel? Got a laser sight?

[MasterGunner01]

I had a Colt Commando. It was a full size Colt 6-shot revolver in .38 Special using the frame of the Colt Official Police model. The pistol was introduced in 1927 and 48,611 2-inch and 4-inch barrel variants of the “Commando” were built during WW2 for the U.S. government. Finish applied was usually gray manganese phosphate (aka “Parkerizing”) and the guns showed signs of wartime production shortcuts. Approximately 12,000 “Commandos” built during WW2 as 4-inch barrel guns were converted by the Colt factory to 2-inch versions after the end of the war. The 2-inch barrel Commandos were favorites of military intelligence officers and others needing the utility of a snub nose revolver.

[Nathaniel]

I love the 38 Special – don’t know or trust “devastators” or any of the gee whiz trick loadings. I carry the “FBI load” as loaded by Buffalo Bore (and if I get around to duplicating it with my handloads – the “don’t carry handloads for self defense” philosophy is lawyer-proofing, paranoid HOGWASH, I’ll carry that). SOFT gaping hollow point 158 grain gas checked semi wadcutter loaded to +P velocity. They’re stout recoiling in my S&W J frames, but if in a thug-shooting encounter, recoil is not noticed.