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Pre-war Ace Model .22 factory nickel, serial number 5222 - circa. 1934, with original finish, early style front sight and nickel plated magazine. The left side slide marking has two lines, one is the address, the other just under, are the patents (1913), the rampant Colt is just after these two lines and the right side is marked: Colt ACE .22 Long Rifle.

Right side of Colt Ace serial number 5222.

Colt Factory Letter for Colt Ace serial number 5222 - Pistol was a single gun shipment with nickel finish to Boulder City Navy Supply Company, address unavailable, Union Hardware & Metal Company, Los Angeles, California, June 29, 1934.

Rear of gun showing hammer, grip safety and checkered mainspring housing.

Top of slide.

Junior Colt.25ACP and Colt Auto Cal.25 Ship Dates Year Approximate Serial Number 1958 1CC 1959 3500CC 1960 7100CC 1961 9500CC 1962 11901CC-14000CC 1962 25000CC 1963 26431CC 1964 30631CC 1965 34939CC 1966 40136CC 1967 44739CC-45531CC 1967 75132CC 1968 75882CC-85082CC 1971 0D 0D 0D82601-OD120471 J. . Colt duplicated the following serial number blocks: 60000 pistols in the Ithaca range 804 41696 pistols in the Remington Rand range 900.

Colt Service Model Ace Serial Number SM2326 - WWII issue, RS inside a Box for Colonel Robert Sears. The slide is numbered to the gun. The pistol belonged to U.S. Navy Captain Arthur Stark of the USS BARBET, a mine sweeper which worked mainly the area surrounding the Panama Canal.

Colt Service Model Ace serial number SM2326 was one of 90 pistols sold to the United States Government and shipped to the Commanding General, Springfield Armory, Springfield Massachusetts on October 22, 1941. It was processed on Colt Factory Order number 9966.

• At that time, Colt ceased the serial numbering of the units, continuing to sell and catalog them throughout the 1950’s and ’60’s, although they were not always in production. In the late 1970’s, Colt reintroduced the Service Ace pistol, updated with, you guessed it, a new rear sight.
• Colt Service Model Ace serial number SM2326 was one of 90 pistols sold to the United States Government and shipped to the Commanding General, Springfield Armory, Springfield Massachusetts on October 22, 1941. It was processed on Colt Factory Order number 9966. Close-up of the R.S. Colt Service Model Ace SM2033 right side view.

Close-up of the R.S. ordnance mark.

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Colt Service Model Ace SM2033 right side view.

Right side close-up of serial number. Note: there is no UNITED STATES PROPERTY mark above the serial number on the frame as there is on some guns in this serial number range.

This Remington MkIII 10 gauge Very flare gun (ca. 1943) with accompanying holster and three original boxes of flares (green, white & red) was also owned by U.S. Navy Captain Arthur Stark of the USS BARBET.

Cached

Mark III - The Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Inc., Remington Bridgeport Works-Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.