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Category - Colt Pistols - 1908 - .25 Pistols

Category
Colt Pistols - 1908
.25 Pistols

COLT 1908 VEST Pocket .25 ACP, mfg 1920

Description:
COLT 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP, mfg date 1920, Very Nice (Pocket Watch not included)

Known as the Model "N" internally within Colt, the 1908 Vest Pocket is a diminutive 4.5 inches long, and has a 2-inch barrel. Weighing a mere 13 ounces, it is fed by a six-round single column magazine.[3] The pistol’s fixed open iron sights were rather small and rudimentary, but typical for small hideout automatics of its era and adequate for the short range at which it was intended to be used. Colt's advertising and marketing literature of the time highly touted the advanced safety features of the Model 1908, including a standard slide-locking safety catch, as well as a grip safety. In 1916 Colt engineer George Tansley invented a third safety feature for the pistol, the magazine safety disconnector, which prevented accidental firing with the magazine removed. This additional safety device was added to production in 1916 or 1917 in the latter 139,000 serial number range, and patented by Colt in 1917. Proud of the state-of-the-art technology represented by this advance, Colt included a green brochure marking its inclusion with every Model 1908 sold for a year after its introduction.

Can be seen by appointment in our Raleigh NC PROSHOP
 

Price: $699.00

Curio/Relic: Yes
Handgun Caliber: .25 ACP (6.35mm Browning, 6.35×16mmSR)
Manufacturer: COLT
Model: 1908 Vest Pocket
Serial Number: 271812