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					 Astra / Colt Junior factory cutaway 
					serial number 6 from the 1950s.  A few of these cutaway 
					samples were made for Colt officials as pre-production 
					prototypes when Astra was attempting to get the contract to 
					manufacture the Colt Junior pistol.   
					 The right side of serial number 6.  The serial number is 
					located under the grip and on the barrel. 
					 Photograph of Astra cutaway serial number 22 
					from the Robert Q. Sutherland collection.  This cutaway is 
					pictured on page 427 of the Book of Colt Firearms and 
					belonged to a former president of Colt. |