Remove mogozine and check chamber to insure that it is unloaded. Colt discontinued production of this pistol in both calibers in 1946.ġ. It is possible to convert cither model to either caliber by substitution of magazines and barrels. 32 caliber only, the pistoi was announced in the additional. There was a change in the slide lock safety at gun number 416,896.
Final production from gun numberġ05,050 to 572,21 5 had 334-inch barrels with integral bushing and a locking lug at the muzzle end of the barrel. Pistols 95,801 to 105,050 had 3^4-inch barrels with a larger extractor. Pistols 72,001 to 95,800 had 3H-inch barrels and a small ex tractor.
Colt Firearms 1860-1954, records that istols with serial numbers 1 to 72,000 ad four-inch barrels requiring a separate bushing. Later models with serial numbers above 468,097 incorporate a magazine disconncctcr device to prevent the gun firing with the magazine removed. It also serves as a cocking indicator by projecting from the rear of the grip only when the hammer is cocked. The grip safety, which automatically blocks the scar to prevent discharge of the gun unless pressure is simultaneously applied to both trigger and grip safety, is another important and widely copied design feature. When the hammer is down in fired position, the slide lock safety cannot be pushed upward to engage the slide cut. Triggs slide lock safety can be pushed upward to engage a corresponding cut in the slide. Y., has been a gun collector for IS years.īy James M. Triggs, a writer-illustrazor of Mamaroneck. Early models show the single patent date of Aplater models bear the additional December 22, 1903, patent date.Ī salient design feature of this excellent pistol is the slide lock safety mechanism which, in addition to its primary function of holding the slide to thé rear, also serves as a mechanical safety to block the hammer and as a means of determining whether the hammer is cocked. 32 pocket automatic pistol was the first hammerless or conccaled- hammer pistol produced by the Colt firm. Introduced around the turn of the century, the Browning-designed.