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        Colt Super .38 & Super Match - Production Information
		
			
				
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					COLT 
					MODEL SUPER .38 & SUPER MATCH PRODUCTION | 
				 
				
					| Year | 
					SN Range | 
					Comments | 
				 
				
					| 1929 | 
					1 - 5850 | 
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					| 1930 | 
					5350 - 10340 | 
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					| 1931 | 
					9700 - 13670 | 
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					| 1932 | 
					13600 - 14830 | 
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					| 1933 | 
					14000 - 15200 | 
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					| 1934 | 
					14400 - 17370 | 
					
					 Super Match introduced  | 
				 
				
					| 1935 | 
					16970 - 20020 | 
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					| 1936 | 
					18900 - 24480 | 
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					| 1937 | 
					22400 - 32140 | 
					
					 (First Swartz safety, 29776)  | 
				 
				
					| 1938 | 
					30720 - 34400 | 
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					| 1939 | 
					Limited Production | 
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					| 1940 | 
					32200 - 36550 | 
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					| 1941 | 
					36020 - 37730 | 
					
					 (Last pistol assembled 1941)  | 
				 
				
					| 1945 | 
					32069 - 37835 | 
					
					 (Last pistol in series.  Production 
					terminated 6/30/45. Some Supers assembled in 1946 - 47.)  | 
				 
				
					| 1946 | 
					1237 Pistols 
					Limited Production | 
					
					 194 Adj Sight Super Match Pistols; 1043 
					Super .38 pistols.  | 
				 
				
					| 1947 | 
					40001 - 56770 | 
					
					 (Begins 6/47)  | 
				 
				
					| 1948 | 
					56400 - 74050 | 
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					| 1949 | 
					73350 - 78810 | 
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					| 1950 | 
					78811 - 86400 | 
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					| 1951 | 
					86370 - 95560 | 
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					| 1952 | 
					95000 - 107450 | 
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					| 1953 | 
					107000 - 112950 | 
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					| 1954 | 
					112850 - 117779 | 
					
					 (Fat barrels changed to standard size)  | 
				 
				
					| 1955 | 
					117780 - 120027 | 
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					| 1956 | 
					120029 - 124780 | 
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					| 1957 | 
					123950 - 129580 | 
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					| 1958 | 
					129500 - 137200 | 
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					| 1959 | 
					137000 - 150500 | 
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					| 1960 | 
					148660 - 155300 | 
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					| 1961 | 
					154500 - 159000 | 
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					| 1962 | 
					158460 - 163200 | 
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					| 1963 | 
					162270 - 167870 | 
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					| 1964 | 
					167600 - 172000 | 
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					| 1965 | 
					170850 - 177880 | 
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					| 1966 | 
					177600 - 186580 | 
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					| 1967 | 
					185850 - 192250 | 
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					| 1968 | 
					191960 - 201360 | 
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					| 1969 | 
					200870 -202181 
					CS001001 - CS003200 | 
					
					  
					(New series begins 1/69)
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					| 1970 | 
					CS003000 - CS005280 | 
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					| 1971 | 
					202189 - 202388 | 
					
					 (Last pre-70 Series pistol assembled 
					3/2/71)  | 
				 
			 
		 
		Production Dates from Colt .45 Government 
Models by Charles Clawson  | 
      
		
	
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