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Description: | COLT AUTOMATIC CALIBRE 455
GOVERNMENT MODEL
JJ
Colt prancing horse trademark
PATENTED APR.20.1897.SEPT 9.1902 DEC.19, 1905.FEB.14,1911.AUG.19,1913 COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.
London commercial proof marks. The 'JJ' marking is a London Armoury Company internal inspection mark, and indicates that this pistol was sold commercially, and not to the Government. Even after full-scale military production for the British had commenced, modest quantities of 1911 pistols in both .45 ACP and .455 WSL were shipped to the LAC for commercial sale. This pistol has the highest known serial number of any commercialy-sold Colt 1911 in .455 WSL.
high lustre blue finish | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co, Hartford, CT, USA | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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