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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP & Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP - Special Order Gold, Silver and Nickel Plated Finishes

Factory Gold Plated Model M .32 – This special order gun was shipped with mother of pearl grips to Supplee Biddle Hardware, Philadelphia, PA on May 25, 1921 in a one gun shipment.

Factory “A” engraved, silver plated Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP (Model M) with mother-of-pearl grips.

Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless (Model M) .380 ACP Serial number 81700 – Factory letter indicates that this pistol was shipped May 21, 1925 with nickel finish and factory ivory grips as a single gun shipment. It was sold to the Sweet Burnett Drug Company and shipped to Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company, St. Joseph, Missouri. The gun was processed on Colt Factory Order number 9960/1. Box is numbered to the gun and bears the small “Ivory” label to the left of the “Hammerless” end label.

The initials of Major Charles S. Reed, Officer in Charge of Outside Inspection, were stamped on all M1911A1 pistols manufactured in 1940, signifying government acceptance of the pistol. His initials were stamped on the left side of the receiver below the slide stop in accordance with Ordnance drawings. The initials C.S.R. were also stamped on the top of the receiver near the disconnector hole to indicate provisional inspection, replacing the previous letter “R” within an oval.

Rear grip safety showing blued finish.