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The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is a variant introduced five years later in .380 ACP caliber. Despite the title "hammerless", the Model ...
The .380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as .380 Auto, .380 Automatic, or 9×17mm, is a rimless, straight-walled pistol cartridge that was developed by firearms designer John Moses Browning. The cartridge headspaces on the mouth of the case. [ 5 ]
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a 9-shot, .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is an 8-shot, .380 ACP caliber variant introduced five years later. Despite the title ...
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 ACP United States: 1903-1927 Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless: Colt's Manufacturing Company.32 ACP.380 ACP United States: 1903–1945 Colt Mustang: Colt's Manufacturing Company.380 ACP United States: 1983–1996, 2011–present Colt Officer's ACP: Colt's Manufacturing Company.45 ACP
However, the Colt 1903/08 Pocket Hammerless in .380 ACP (a lower power cartridge to the .38 ACP, but suitable to smaller simple blow-back pistols) appeared in 1909. The .380 Pocket Hammerless overwhelmed the Pocket Hammer model's sales but the 1903 persisted, possibly because the .38 ACP was still a more powerful cartridge than the .380 ACP.
The Model 1908 Vest Pocket is a compact, hammerless, striker-fired, semi-automatic single-action pistol. Manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1908 to 1948, it was marketed as a small concealable firearm which could be easily tucked into a vest pocket for unobtrusive carry.
.380 ACP Uruguay: 1943 Charola-Anitua: Charola y Anitua/Ignacio Charola Spain: 1897 Claridge Hi-Tec/Goncz Pistol: Goncz Armament Claridge Hi-Tec: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1990 Colt 2000: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1992 Colt Ace: Colt's Manufacturing Company.22 LR United States: 1931 Colt Commander
The other is the Model 1917, made from 1920 until 1926 in .32 and from 1920 until 1928 in .380. The Model 1917 is mechanically the same as and shares almost all of its parts with the final version of the Model 1907 (including a smaller, thinner cocking lever "hammer"), but with a significantly larger handle.