Forgive me, I've requested a letter from Colt.

[TeamPB]

Each August I celebrate the ultimate participation trophy, my birthday. It gives me permission to indulge. This piece is my first Gun Broker win, I think I should quit while I'm ahead. 1922 M1903:

 

[jaydoc]

That looks minty! Very nice.

 

[Frailer]

While I am not a big fan of Colt's revolvers, I have a deep fondness for their Model M.

Happy belated birthday!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

No forgiveness needed.........We all own Colts--Rugers......Brownings and others.

 

[otis24]

One of my favorite pistols. I want a 1908 in .380.

 

[Legendarylawman]

Something in the air. Just picked up this 1921 1903 .32 on Friday. Yours looks better than mine. Hope to shoot it a bunch on this Friday at the range. I will sending for a letter also.

 

[charlessummers]

I sent off for a letter on my 1922 M1908 (.380acp) on June 6th. I'm hoping that this one comes back as nickel from the factory, but not putting too much faith into that. Looks aftermarket, but we'll see. If it comes back as originally being a blued firearm, I'm going to have it re-blued. I know it'll be expensive but I'm okay with that. Hopefully the letter arrives this year.

 

[Golddollar]

What a wonderful birthday present to yourself.

 

[old tanker]

A Pocket Hammerless is just class! Alas, somebody else got all the nice ones! I only have ONE of each, and nothing particularly special about them except they are now mine.

 

[jaydoc]

Colt put out a run of these a few years ago dine in their royal blue finish. Here's mine. It's a fun little shooter.
OP gun looks about as nice and it's 100 years older!

 

[turnerriver]

Now you need a period correct holster. An informal survey of old holsters shows that the Colt pocket auto was second only to the .45 auto in popularity throughout the Twentieth Century.

Regards,

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Colt put out a run of these a few years ago dine in their royal blue finish. Here's mine. It's a fun little shooter.
OP gun looks about as nice and it's 100 years older!

This run was made in Turkey for Colt.

 

[robertrwalsh]

4 Our Fathers. 4 Hail Marys. Go and sin no more.

 

[65-2x2]

A pox upon you all!

Nice stuff!

 

[Jim Watson]

Whenever an Internet Expert chastises me for posting something about an "automatic" I just show him one of these where it is written right on the gun.

 

[duke2002]

A colt in 32 like above was my oldest
bday present When she turned 16. They are really nice guns.

 

[Dave Haynes]

While I am not a big fan of Colt's revolvers, I have a deep fondness for their Model M.

Happy belated birthday!

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These were still on the TOE Books and catalog for US Army in 1967. I think that they were the 1908 .380 however. I'd absolutely love to have the .380 model. One of the most beautiful Browning designs ever. Makes the 1910 look like a garden implement...

 

[Frailer]

These were still on the TOE Books and catalog for US Army in 1967. I think that they were the 1908 .380 however. I'd absolutely love to have the .380 model. One of the most beautiful Browning designs ever. Makes the 1910 look like a garden implement...

I dirn't know the date, but I do know these were still available to General Officers who requested them long after the 1911 was made the official GO sidearm.

During the early years of my own Army career I had a neighbor with an exceptionally long history of Army service. One of the family mementos he had in his study was a Model M, in its original Rock Island Arsenal-stamped cardboard box, with the sealed lacing wire still threaded through the action. I can only imagine the price it would command if it were to come onto the market.