OLD COLT: WE PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR OLD COLT GUNS.
OLD COLT: WE PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR OLD COLT GUNS.
This Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless isassociated with theCIA. The non-standard serial numberprovided deniability to the U.S. Government. Examples of these pistols havehad theiroriginal serial numbers,ordnance acceptanceand U.S. PROPERTYmarkings removed. A new serial number was applied with a different stamp.
It is believed that these unmarked and renumbered guns were placed in secret weapons caches in countries towhich the U.S. was losing access. Several examples have been discovered. The 800,000 serial number ranges weresupposedly cached in European countries and that those in the 900,000 range werecached in South American countries.
This is a type V pocket hammerless pistol and that would translate to 1944 or sometime later.
