what is a 1978 .38 special colt cobra serial #m52453 nickel plated with pearl handle worth?
Your serial number doesn't have enough numbers. The starting serial number in 1978 was S01001.
Don't know value, but based on proofhouse.com a 273921LWwould have been made in 1968.Between 1950 & 1969 serial numbers had the suffix LW after the number and between 1969 & 1977, they had various prefixes A thru M. 1977 & 1978 had suffix R after the number.
Sorry the records I have only go up to 1978 and there is no serial number for a colt detective special beginning with the letter P up until that time.
Sometime after 1978.The list I have only goes to 1978. Serial # with S prefix started in 1978 with S01001
http://proofhouse.com/colt shows 1930 for the serial number but without the "S" My production date list shows 1930: 383001-400000 and 1978 starting S01001,so it would be 1978 or after.
The Colt police positive special serial numbers I have end in 1978 with 59999R so I would have to say a couple of years after that.
About 1978. Proofhouse.com shows 1977 ending with serial number 71400R
around 1978
1978
Made in 1978.
Based on the serial # , it was produced in 1978. The funder the numbers could be the proof mark.