I just inherited a cute little .25 Colt Automatic from my infirm father. My brother and I already received the rifles but this was his last pistol, that he had gotten for my mother.
From what I can tell in the NRA disassembly book it is probably a Colt Automatic .25 of the 1908 design. Supposedly these were stopped being made in 1946 after about 50,000 were made the serial number looks to be 2xxx, and the finish is 80% blue but kind of scratched up.
It has a heel mag release, and magazine disconnect safety, thumb safety and grip safety and is about the tiniest little pistol I have ever seen. I guess about the size of the Baby Browning.
Can anyone confim this model, and if so give an approximate date of manufacturer? Based on the above I would gues before 1910.
Is there any value to this? Any place to get parts for something this old? I was thinking of replacing the springs and trying it out at the range someday. Probably has some nasty little kick and web of hand bite.
From what I can tell in the NRA disassembly book it is probably a Colt Automatic .25 of the 1908 design. Supposedly these were stopped being made in 1946 after about 50,000 were made the serial number looks to be 2xxx, and the finish is 80% blue but kind of scratched up.
It has a heel mag release, and magazine disconnect safety, thumb safety and grip safety and is about the tiniest little pistol I have ever seen. I guess about the size of the Baby Browning.
Can anyone confim this model, and if so give an approximate date of manufacturer? Based on the above I would gues before 1910.
Is there any value to this? Any place to get parts for something this old? I was thinking of replacing the springs and trying it out at the range someday. Probably has some nasty little kick and web of hand bite.