Colt auto without safety

[Lafitte]

This morning a friend told me about a Colt semi auto .380 exposed hammer that does not have a safety. For the life of me I can't recall such. Does anyone know of such a Colt?

Lafitte

 

[Kleanbore]

Old pistols in .38 ACP.

 

[Lafitte]

--old pistols in .38 acp-----such as__________?

Lafitte

 

[rcmodel]

Colt 1900 = The rear sight was the safety. It raised up & down to block the hammer.
Colt 1902 = No safety except Half-cock on the hammer.
Colt 1903 = No safety except Half-cock on the hammer.

All were chambered in .38 ACP, not .380 ACP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_M1902

rc

 

[Lafitte]

Thanks,

Lafitte

 

[WC145]

They made the Pony DAO .380 back in the '90s, it has a bobbed hammer.

 

[rcmodel]

There ya go!

I plumb forgot about that one!

rc

 

[bannockburn]

For a modern pistol I would say WC145 has it right: the DAO Colt Pony.

 

[Lafitte]

I think it must be a1903 in .38acp rather than .389 because it didn't have a bobbed hammer, was a single action.

Lafitte

 

[Monac]

There are some good articles on the safetyless Colt 38 automatics at this website:

http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/

if you scroll down to the section titled "Guns Designed by John M Browning". You can see what they looked like, at least.