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Coltautos.com Gun of the Month - September 2019
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Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Pistol has original factory tank blue finish, original and correct second type factory hard rubber stocks and is with original numbered box. This pistol was manufactured ca. 1946 from pre-war parts and features the post war single line slide marking on the left side of the slide. This pistol was shipped to The Stambaugh Thompson Company, 114 W. Federal Street, Youngstown, Ohio on November 25, 1946 in a four gun shipment.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - right side.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Pistol pictured on original matching numbered box with "R." also written on the bottom to designate the type of stocks for the pistol. Pre/Post-War examples with checkered walnut stocks are marked with a "W." on the bottom.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Note the printer code "PRINTED IN U.S.A." above "AL 2-46" on the instruction sheet in the lower right corner. This is a post-war instruction sheet.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Original box end label.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Slide is marked with matching serial number.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Many Pre/Post-War examples are accompanied by very noticeable, vivid case colors on the grip safety, thumb safety and trigger.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Many Pre/Post-War examples are accompanied by very noticeable, vivid case colors on the grip safety, thumb safety and trigger.
Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP serial number 420384 - Top of the original tank blued slide. |
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