

- COLT ACE 22 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
- COLT ACE 22 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER
- COLT ACE 22 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES
This is one of the finest early production Colt Model 1911 pistols in existence.
COLT ACE 22 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES
Military Series made by Colt and several other manufacturers. Many collectors are interested in the U.S. There are dozens of Colt variants - too many to include them all here - but we will cover some of the more significant models. To this day, the 1911A1 is still in service with some Special Forces units of the Army, Navy and the Marine Corps, in part because of to its popularity among the troops.ĭuring the past 100-plus years, many manufacturers have made 1911-style pistols, but most of the collector interest is with Colt, where it all began. military sidearm from 1911 to 1986 - through WWI and WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Without a doubt, it’s the most popular handgun design in the United States and in many other parts of the world. More has probably been written about the Colt 1911 series of pistols than any other handgun.
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*Double S Huntsman: The serial number series that began with 001001S passed 100000S in 1976, and reached 101336S before it was noticed that numbers used in 1952 were being duplicated. Contrary to some published reports, all models of the Woodsman line - Target, Sport, Match Target, Huntsman, and Targetsman - were manufactured in the serial number range that began with 300001S.
COLT ACE 22 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
Serial numbers for all models: Sport, Target, Match Target, Huntsman, and Targetsman, integrated early in 1969 and restarted at 001001S.ĭue to reaching a serial number range (100,000S) that had already been used in 1952, serial numbers were restarted again in May, 1976, beginning with 300001S. The numbers then skipped to 160001-S and restarted.

Late 1955: The first 1001 Woodsmans of the 3rd series were assigned serial numbers 146138-S to 147138-S, from the end of the 2nd series block. Huntsman (Begin at 90001-C) and Targetsman (Begin at 129300-C) Serial numbers then skipped to 90001-C and restarted. The Huntsman replaced the Challenger in 1955, with the introduction of the third series. Target, Sport, and Match Target Models Models As a result, any table of manufacture dates by serial number for the First Series Match Target can only be approximate at best. The Woodsman Bullseye model was numbered in non-sequential blocks, so a gun with a lower serial number might well have been assembled and shipped later than one with a higher serial number. The rest were assigned a new block of serial numbers beginning at 180000, and continuing to 187423 (with some numbers skipped).įirst Series Match Target "Bullseye" Model: 1938-1944 Some were numbered in the 157038 to 159024 range. Shortly after World War II, from Oct, 1946 to June, 1947 a number of prewar type guns were assembled and shipped. *Some numbers from the 1942 block were shipped after WWII, in 19. (Sport introduced at approximately serial number 86000)
