Serrated cuts located at the muzzle of the barrel. Should be able to see the barrel lugs that line up with the slots inside Holding the gun in your weak hand, push the slide back about 3/8 ofĪn inch (I actually align the front of the slide to nearly even with theįront of the receiver) and hold it open with your weak hand thumb. The gun should not be cocked when disassembling. The gun is safe, begin by closing the slide and pulling the trigger as Visually inspecting the gun for any live ammunition. The slide lock (also used when light cleaning) if that assists in The slide fully to the rear and visually inspect the chamber to insure Magazine is removed, the gun is unloaded, and that you physically pull Begin by-yes, you know-making sure that the Turning our focus back to the pistol on the bench, let'sĭisassemble it now. Well, but hesitate to name those parts companies here as they might not Have also found aftermarket parts available for this little Colt as The good news is that most of the parts are still readilyĪvailable from most parts houses, but for how long remains to be seen. Two grip panel escutcheons that are absent from any schematic I haveįound to date. I say 30 parts,Ĭounting all of the numbered ones on the schematic, and adding in the Parts makes it a very simple, yet interesting design. The fact that this little pocket pistol has only 30 Parts were accounted for and his ordered parts were the correct ones for Inspection of the parts provided by the customer found that all He was very proud of his littleĬollectable find and wanted to be sure it would still function properly.
The gun was reassembled correctly, that it was fully inspected for Plunger.) This specimen was no exception, other than the customer hadĪlready purchased the replacement parts. Mainspring guide rod, and the safety assembly (spring and spring detent This gun often has missing parts, most commonly the mainspring, Me in a plastic bag, along with some new parts he had ordered for it. Manufactured pistol and according to the total number made that year, itĪppears to be a late year model. Regarding the gun that recently came into my shop, it was a 1926 This gun is similar/identical to theįN Model 1906, if you run across one of them. Hard rubber or walnut, with special order pearl and ivory grips being Grips for this gun were available in checkered While some were known to have been silver and/or gold plated, as well as Is pulled because the Safety Disconnector positively breaks allĬonnection between the trigger and sear."įinishes for the M1908 were available in blued and polished nickel, The magazine is withdrawn, the arm cannot be fired even if the trigger
Original owner's manual says, "If a cartridge remains in theĬhamber of the barrel and the pistol is left in a cocked position when A description of this added safety quoted in the The early guns (serial numbers lower thanġ41,000) had two safeties. Of 4 1/2" and an unloaded weighed of 13 ounces, making for aĬompact little pocket gun. This little Colt came with a 2" barrel, had an overall length
Guns, especially the models with serial numbers that have four or less They are regarded as moderately collectable Manufactured-approximately 420,000+-you will more than likely runĪcross these in your shop in need of parts, or for inspection andĬleaning, or all three. Keeping, the company manufactured it between 19 with theįinal ones being shipped out in 1948. Including historical information about the specific years each serialįor starters, this little pistol was purportedly and internally atĬolt referred to as the Model "N". Readily found in books, magazine articles, and Internet searches, Information has been written on this little pocket pistol that can be Vest Pocket, a hammerless pistol chambered in. It is none other than the infamous little Colt Model 1908 Recently, another one made its way to my bench for reassembly and Missing parts, or disassembled and brought in a small plastic bag. Shop over the years, and most come in with the same issues-either I must admit, I have had a number of these little gems come into my
25ACP Vest Pocket pistol." The Free Library.