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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Type I serial number
49764 - with factory checkered grip safety and deluxe
checkered walnut grips. Pistol has high polish finish and
fire blued small parts. Gun also has British Proof marks.
Colt Factory Letter indicates that this pistol was shipped
to Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, London
Agency, London, England on November 27, 1906. There were
50 guns in the shipment.
Factory checkered grip safety.
Early style British proof marks.
Late Type I with British Proof marks on left rear of slide
and frame. The barrel is proofed through the ejection port
as well.
The right side of the frame bears the inscription
"Sold by Westley Richards & Co. London W."
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
81905 Type II with
British Proof marks - Manufactured in 1909 and most
likely shipped to Colt's London Armory. Most early British
proofed Colt's are not encountered with this much
condition. Pistol has been proofed twice with both early
and later style proof marks. Pistol has all standard
features for 1909 including high polish blue finish with
fire blue on magazine release, trigger, thumb safety, thumb
safety screw, extractor, pins and grip screw. Pistol has
earliest style black checkered hard rubber grips.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
81905 Type II with
British Proof marks - Manufactured in 1909 and most
likely shipped to Colt's London Armory.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
81905 Type II with
British Proof marks - Manufactured in 1909 and most
likely shipped to Colt's London Armory.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
81905 Type II with
British Proof marks - Manufactured in 1909 and most
likely shipped to Colt's London Armory.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
81905 Type II with
British Proof marks - Manufactured in 1909 and most
likely shipped to Colt's London Armory.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - High condition Type III manufactured ca. 1912.
This pistol has British proof marks (letter pending).
Original high polish blued finish with fire blue small parts
(trigger, thumb safety, grip screw, magazine release,
extractor) and full blued barrel.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Left side.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Right side.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Right side, close-up of slide markings
"AUTOMATIC COLT" over "CALIBRE 32 RIMLESS SMOKELESS".
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Right side, close-up of British proof marks
stamped on the barrel and visible through the ejection port.
Note the fire blued extractor.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Right side, close-up of British proof marks
stamped on the barrel and visible through the ejection port.
Note the fire blued extractor.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Left side, close-up of British proof marks
stamped on the the slide and frame. Note the fire blued
thumb safety.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Left side, close-up of British proof marks
stamped on the the slide and frame. Note the fire blued
thumb safety.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Rear sight.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn
139700 - Right side of slide, take down arrow and line
on dust cover.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn 139700 -
Muzzle and plug for recoil spring guide.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn 139700 - Grip
safety.
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP sn 139700 -
Correct early full blued magazine with pinned unmarked base
plate.
British Proofed Model M .380 - This pistol was
produced in 1912 and was presumably shipped to Colt's London
Agency and then to a British retailer. A close-up of the
British Proof marks (Crown over "V") on the slide and frame
are pictured below. The barrel also contains proof marks.
Late British Proofed Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380
ACP serial number 103724. British proof marks are slightly
different than the proof marks on earlier guns pictured
above. The mark is a crown over a "V" enclosed in a circle.
Close-up of British proof marks on Model 1908 Colt Pocket
Hammerless serial number 103724.
Right side of Colt 1908 .380 103724.
Close-up photo showing barrel with proof marks visible
through the chamber. Frame is also marked "NOT ENGLISH
MAKE" in a rectangle above the trigger area.
Three proof marks visible on the barrel through the ejection
port.
"JJ" marking inside the frame beneath the recoil spring
area. This JJ mark is often seen on the exterior of the
frame near where the forward part of the trigger guard joins
the frame.
British lend-lease Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP
serial number 564821 - in unused condition with original
cleaning rod, factory instruction sheet and original box
numbered to the gun.
Right side of Colt Model 1903 Pocket hammerless .32 ACP
serial number 564821.
The British lend-lease guns were taken from the US
Government contract for these guns and were shipped to
England. Surplus guns were returned to the US in the 1960s
and were proofed at the time of export.
Close-up of the right side of the slide, frame and barrel
chamber showing the Colt and U.S. Property markings as well
as the British proof marks.
Original kraft box numbered to the gun. |
