Barrel is 4 with a very good bright and strong bore with some fine pitting in the grooves.Metal surfaces are blued and retain about 95-96 original blue with some fine rust on the left edge and the bulk of the loss on the gripstraps with some scratches and a couple of small spots of corossion.
Both the extractor and recoil spring retain strong fire blue. Browning Model 1900 S Serial Numbers MatchAll visible serial numbers match and the grips feature the FN Logo with the balance checkered. By clicking on a check box you will add or remove a parameter for related product suggestions. Prototype Singer 1911 While I kind of skipped over the Model 1910 and Model 1911 to get straight to the prototype Singer 1911A1, but I think it is forgivable given how freaking cool this thing is. I love browsing the catalog to see what desirable pieces have come up for auction. This time I was surprised to see several of John Moses Brownings precursors to the 1911 as well as some more modern pistols that are reasonably rare. Colt Model 1900 The first one that I came across was a rare US Navy contract Colt 1900 with the old site safety. This pistol is in beautiful shape considering its age and the possibility that it may have been issued at some time. Only 4,274 Model 1900s were produced between 1900 and 1902 making them incredibly scarce today. ![]() The design is rather interesting but was ultimately not adopted by any military force in appreciable numbers. Colt Model 1902 The next Colt gem in the line of historic precursors to the 1911 is a US Army contract Colt 1902 chambered in.38 ACP. While this pistol is not in quite as good of shape as the Model 1900 above and is not quite as scarce, it is still cooler than the other side of the pillow. Some of the changes to the Model 1900 design included a simplification of the Model 1900s internals, a reduction in the number of parts, and the addition of a slide stop. Colt produced 18,068 of the military model between 1902 and 1928 and another 6,927 of the sporting models between 1902 and 1908. Browning Model 1900 S Trial Like TheThis pistol is part of the small 200 pistol lot that the US Army purchased in 1902 for service evaluation and may have seen service in a field trial like the Model 1900. Colt Model 1905 Military Next in the line is a Colt Model 1905 Military chambered in the new.45 Colt Automatic Pistol cartridge. Feedback during the trials of the Model 1902 prompted Colt to rethink the.38 caliber bullet that the previous two guns were chambered in resulting in the creation of the.45 ACP. Several other changes were made to the pistol to accommodate the new cartridge like a larger grip and an external extractor. This particular pistol has a serial number of 266 putting the production year in 1906. Only 6,111 of these handguns were produced between 1905 and 1917 with most of them being produced between 1906 and 1911. Caribou Media Group earns a commission from qualifying purchases. Thank you. There is no indication that the pistols made it to a field trial, but feedback from the US government prompted the development of a grip safety similar to the one found on the Fabrique Nationale Model 1905 6.35mm pocket pistols. Colt Model 1907 Rock Island also has one of the 200 Colt 1907 pistols that the US Army ordered for field trials in 1908 but Colt requested the pistols be withdrawn due to several issues found during test firing. The Model 1907 was also the last Colt pistol design to use the dual barrel link design that had been present since the model 1900. The deficiencies found during the trials test firing resulted in changes that gave birth to the Model 1909. Not only was the Colt 1907 the first US Army contract pistol that was chambered in.45 ACP, but the pistols also paved the way for improvements to the design that ended up culminating with the Model 1911 that has become a staple of the shooting community. Colt Model 1909 Development of the platform continued with the Model 1909 trials pistol designed with feedback from the Department Of Defenses evaluation of the Model 1902 Military and the issues that came to light with the Model 1907 field trials. Browning Model 1900 S Series Of 25Colt moved to the more familiar single link design and slide stop on this small series of 25 pistols and submitted them to Rock Island Arsenal in March 1910 for testing. Colt also redesigned the grip safety, a redesigned ejector and extractor, a new firing pin retainer, and the slide lock release was made a part of the link pin.
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