Help identifying this Colt pocket pistol for a friend...


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May 15, 2008, 09:47 PM
Greetings. My friend needs help identifying this Colt pocket pistol that he got at a local gun show.

Thanks!

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Markings: Picture of Colt on Back of Slide-Left Side
Colt .25 Cal Serial #267845
Colt's PT.F.A. Mfg. Co. Hartford, CT. U.S.A.
PAT'D Aug.25,1896, Apr.20,1897, Dec. 22, 1903,
Jan 25, 1910

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bannockburn
May 15, 2008, 10:43 PM
226

That would be Colt's Model 1908 Hammerless .25 ACP. From the serial number it was made in 1920. Production began in 1908 and ended in 1941.

226
May 16, 2008, 12:45 AM
Thank you!

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