![]() Later a magazine safety was built in that would keep the pistol from firing with the magazine out of the pistol even if a round is in the chamber. This safety lever can also be engaged upward to lock the slide open via a forward slot in the slide just ahead of the slide serrations. The other is a manual safety at the left, rear side of the frame that is manually moved up to engage a slot milled into the slide. One is a grip safety inside the back strap that is engaged upon handling the pistol grip. After variant Type 3, two safeties were incorporated. Other standard design features include a serrated slide at the rear for easy hand manual charging of the weapon. In this manner the Colt M1903 is widely considered the first true pistol of size and power for concealment carry. It was designed in this manner so the pistol could be easily stowed in a pants pocket or coat hand pocket. Though the 1903 is called a hammerless pistol, it does in fact have a hammer, but it is hid inside the rear section of the pistol’s slide. Standard models were delivered in hard board paper boxes, but wooden cased versions were available, too. Custom finishes were available, too, in silver or gold plated or even engraved models. ![]() Military officers and British ranking troops during WWII as part of our arms Lend-Lease program. Serial numbers above that through 572,214 were provided in a special military Parkerized finish. Metal finishes available were standard Colt blue and nickel from serial number one through 554,446. The M1903 after variant Type 1 had an overall length of 6.75 inches with a gun weight of only 24 ounces. 380 ACP pistols were standardized as variant No.2s to a barrel length of 3.75 inches. Originally the Colt 1903 had a barrel length of 4 inches, but when Colt later made the Model 1908 in. A magazine safety was added in variant Type IV. Some 570,000 plus 1903s were manufactured in five variants based on barrel bushing types and a change in the barrel and overall gun length. It began production in 1903 and ended in 1945. The pistol became officially designated as the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in. This new pistol however was going to have a distinctively different history.īrowning’s FN version rights to this handgun after redesign modifications were contracted to the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut. ![]() FN was well known for producing firearms from blueprints hand drawn by Browning. It was originally manufactured in Belgium by FN or Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal as the Model M1900. ![]() Back in the late 1890s the famous gun designer engineer and gun maker John M. ![]()
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