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Category - Colt Pistols - 1908 - Colt Pistols

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Colt Pistols - 1908
Colt Pistols

1926 mfr. COLT M1908 .25 ACP HAMMERLESS VEST POCKET Self Defense Pistol C&R ROARING TWENTIES Colt’s Smallest Semi-Auto

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1926 mfr. COLT M1908 .25 ACP HAMMERLESS VEST POCKET Self Defense Pistol C&R

ROARING TWENTIES Colt’s Smallest Semi-Auto

Here we present a C&R Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket Pistol, made in 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut with a production run from 1908 through 1948 with over 420,000 produced. Production was paused between 1943 and 1945 so Colt could support the war effort. This was another John Moses Browning design, and it was Colt’s smallest semi-automatic pistol offering.

Known as the Model “N” internally within Colt, the 1908 Hammerless Vest Pocket Pistol is a very small 4.5 inches long and has a 2-inch barrel. Weighing a mere 13 ounces empty, it is fed by a six-round single column magazine. 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. Additionally, in approximately the 280,000 serial number range, the left side slide inscription was altered to include the patent date for the disconnector, also known as the “Tansley Device”.

It was marketed as a small concealable firearm which could be easily tucked into a vest pocket for unobtrusive carry. At the end of the production run, an improved redesign became the Baby Browning, which is still in production today. This pistol would have been carried by the good guys as well as the bad guys throughout the Roaring Twenties and well beyond.

The overall condition is very good. Refinished in blue with case colors. The action is excellent. The bore is frosted with serviceable rifling. The grips are solid.

Own the original! This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

Barrel is 2 inches.

Caliber: .25 ACP

Overall condition as seen in photos.

Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING. Will need to be sent to your local FFL or C&R licensee. This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.
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Curio/Relic: Yes