varifleman
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Here for your perusal is Colt .38ACP Military Model 1902 pistol serial number 11322 which was 1 of 5 shipped to George Tritch Hardware Company in Denver on August 24, 1906.
Colt .38 ACP Military Model 1902 Pistol
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A wonderful example of understated elegance that any gentleman gangster could be proud to carry. Not like some flashy POS that you'd expect to see a dope smoking gang banger waving in the air with a weak wrist while his pants were falling off!
varifleman
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- Southwest Virginia
varifleman
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- Southwest Virginia
Thanks Steve; they are all in US now; nice that the pistols originally shipped to UK during WWI found their way back here.
Hi,
Did you bring the pistols there from Canada without many problems?
Regards,
-Steve
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nice, thanks for sharing the Pony
varifleman
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Hi Steve; all the pistols were already back here in the US when I got them.
This is the predecessor to the 1911 Colt .45 ACP. The US Army tested tithe 1902 but wanted something with more stopping power so Colt went back to the drawing board and the rest is history.
I picked one manufactured in 1909 a number of years ago. It really is a sweet shooting pistol and the long sight radius makes it quite accurate, as much as I can tell with the half box of .38 ACP Winchesters that I put through it. Colt sent it to a Marshall-Wells store in Duluth, Minnesota where it probably made its way to Canada.
The shell casing is identical to .38 Super but this more powerful ammunition should never be fired in it.
I also have it's baby brother in .380 ACP 1903 Type III which was shipped to the London Armoury Company with a batch of 50 in 1915. Officers in those days bought their own handguns and the very heavy and somewhat clumsey .455 Webleys were considered too awkward to haul around by some. Apparently a number went of officers serving in Ireland. Unfortunately, most of the London Armoury Company records were destroyed in the Blitz so we'll never know its story.
This is another sweet shooting (12.6) pistol.
I picked one manufactured in 1909 a number of years ago. It really is a sweet shooting pistol and the long sight radius makes it quite accurate, as much as I can tell with the half box of .38 ACP Winchesters that I put through it. Colt sent it to a Marshall-Wells store in Duluth, Minnesota where it probably made its way to Canada.
The shell casing is identical to .38 Super but this more powerful ammunition should never be fired in it.
I also have it's baby brother in .380 ACP 1903 Type III which was shipped to the London Armoury Company with a batch of 50 in 1915. Officers in those days bought their own handguns and the very heavy and somewhat clumsey .455 Webleys were considered too awkward to haul around by some. Apparently a number went of officers serving in Ireland. Unfortunately, most of the London Armoury Company records were destroyed in the Blitz so we'll never know its story.
This is another sweet shooting (12.6) pistol.
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