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Found this little fellow today:

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Colt Model 1908 "Vest Pocket" in .25ACP. The silver dollar is for size comparison. If you're young, you might not know what a silver dollar is. Ask your grandpa.

The serial number says this one is from 1912, which makes it my oldest 20th century gun. Functions fine as far as I can tell-- barrel looks okay, it's not rusty inside, the safeties work, and the striker strikes. Looking forward to shooting it!

Now if I can just figure out how to attach it to my keychain, it'd make a great fob.
 
In case you're unaware, be gentle if you need to eject a live round. The striker tip acts as the ejector on these. Of course it shouldn't be forward unless you fire but things break, etc.

Nice piece!
 
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1KPerDay said:
In case you're unaware, be gentle if you need to eject a live round. The striker tip acts as the ejector on these. Nice piece!
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Thanks for the warning! I should have noticed the lack of an ejector on the frame when I took it apart, but I didn't.
 
AZAndy

Now if I can just figure out how to attach it to my keychain, it'd make a great fob.
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Your Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket could indeed make for a nice watch fob but could be a trifle heavy. Might I suggest something a bit lighter in weight; like a Baby Browning Ultralight model, weighing in at less than 8 oz.

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bannockburn said:
AZAndy
Your Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket could indeed make for a nice watch fob but could be a trifle heavy. Might I suggest something a bit lighter in weight; like a Baby Browning Ultralight model, weighing in at less than 8 oz.
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I did not know there was an ultralight version of those. Very cool! Mine's a real porker at 13 ounces-- heck, you can get a .38 or .357 that weighs that much.
 
AZAndy

Well the Baby Browning Ultralight really benefits from having an aluminum frame which cuts down on the weight somewhat. I think the all steel Baby goes out at slightly less than 10 oz.
 
Apparently Jeff Cooper used the Samuel Clemens comment, too.

It's the opening credits of the Lucky Gunner video on the 25 Auto.

 
That's on my short list and closer to the top of that list now that I have a Colt 1903.
 
AZAndy said:
Found this little fellow today:

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Colt Model 1908 "Vest Pocket" in .25ACP. The silver dollar is for size comparison. If you're young, you might not know what a silver dollar is. Ask your grandpa.

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Love the photo, and the coin, but it's not a dollar. It's a Walking Liberty Half Dollar. The Dollar coin of the era would be a Morgan Silver Dollar or a Peace Dollar.
 
armedwalleye said:
Love the photo, and the coin, but it's not a dollar. It's a Walking Liberty Half Dollar. The Dollar coin of the era would be a Morgan Silver Dollar or a Peace Dollar.
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It's a 1988 Silver Eagle with a face value of $1, so that makes it a silver dollar in my book. Somebody deposited it as a dollar at the bank my wife used to work at, so she bought it and brought it home for me to admire. It's the same size as an old-style silver dollar. I do remember the half-dollars you're talking about, though, they were really handsome.
 
Roughing It by Mark Twain was published in 1872 and the 25 ACP round came out in 1905. Twain may have been referencing some earlier round and Cooper paraphrased from him. Or the saying is original with Cooper.
 
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