Where the 1911 as we know it came from....
Not a 1911, but if it wasn't for the Colt 1900 & 1902 [sporting & military models] and 1903 [pocket hammer model] in .38 "Rimless Smokeless" [aka .38 ACP], there may have never been a Colt Model 1905 [the first .45ACP] which later spawned the venerable Colt 1911.
I present my "new to me" 1909 mfg Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer model:
As seen with my 1914 mfg Colt Government model [top] and 1920 mfg Colt M1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP:
The 1903 on it's own [you can still see hints of the Colt "fire blue"]:
She's old, and she's no longer pretty, but I'm glad to have 'er.
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NAA.
Not a 1911, but if it wasn't for the Colt 1900 & 1902 [sporting & military models] and 1903 [pocket hammer model] in .38 "Rimless Smokeless" [aka .38 ACP], there may have never been a Colt Model 1905 [the first .45ACP] which later spawned the venerable Colt 1911.
I present my "new to me" 1909 mfg Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer model:
As seen with my 1914 mfg Colt Government model [top] and 1920 mfg Colt M1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP:
The 1903 on it's own [you can still see hints of the Colt "fire blue"]:
She's old, and she's no longer pretty, but I'm glad to have 'er.
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NAA.
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