New baby spoon

[fred cook]

This arrived yesterday. It is a Colt 1908 Vest Pocket .25 ACP pistol. It is in quite good condition for a piece that was made in 1925! Still has about 85% of the original blue and almost all of the case colors. The magazine looks to have barely been loaded or used. My wife thought it was "cute". I hope that Sam Colt did not roll over in his grave too many times over that one! It also has the rare Colt wood grips with the right rampant Colt facing forward (most used the left emblem that faced backwards).

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

Nice, do you plan to shoot it?

Yes, shoot and carry as needed. No prima donna pieces here! I've got a custom holster coming from Ed Buffaloe who does very, very nice work. You can find some of his work for sale on Gunbroker.com.

[Head416]

Awesome. Shooting an 86 year old gun is like driving a 45 year old car through the mountains. Glad to hear it.

[targa911S]

NICE! That is in killer condition. The grips alone are great but add to it the condition of the rest of the gun and WOW!

Ok now for shooting it. It's a belly gun at best. The .25 cal round is pretty weak. I shot mine at our bullet trap at the shop and the round rebounded. Past 15 feet or so you may as well just throw the whole gun at the perp. Not to offend. They are really cool collectible guns, and I carry mine on occasion. But it's no self defense gun. Very cool find though, very cool. Mine pales by comparison. That is one of the better ones I have seen. That magazine alone is worth $70.00.

Don't go any further than a field strip or you will be asking for my phone number LOL.

[azasadny]

Beautiful! I love those little Colts!!

[Head416]

My OCD is showing... I keep thinking the mag should have been turned the other way in the pic.

[Mr.Puff]

No way! I just purchased this yesterday. I am set to pick it up on the 28th. It is a 35XXX serial number Colt 1908 Vest Pocket in .25 ACP made in 1910!

The springs in the bag are stock. The previous owner replaced all of the springs with Wolffs and purchased a new striker. The box and manuals in the picture are original. It is pretty sweet.

Those stock wood grips are on my list.

Further reading.
1908Colt

[fred cook]

Very nice! Your gun is slightly different from mine in that it does not have the magazine disconnect safety. Also, it originally came with the round top grips, probably those on the right of the picture in black plastic. The fact that you have the box and instructions certainly adds to the value of your pistol. Are the white grips shown in the picture real ivory? Originally these little guns could be bought in blue or nickel, with various grades of engraving, gold plating or inlays and wood, ivory or pearl grips. The grips also had options such as checkering, emblems
special checkering or smooth. The most expensive grips were almost as pricey as the guns which originally sold for about $16.50 with the stock grip scales. The grips with the right forward facing rampant Colt like on my gun were offered from about 1918 to about 1925 or so and were like the wood grips on your gun with the square tops.

The pistol is very easy to take down. remove the magazine and make certain that it is not loaded or cocked. Pull the slide back about 1/4" and twist the barrel in a clockwise direction. At that point the slide and contents will pull forward off the frame. The striker and spring pull out of the rear of the slide, the recoil spring pulls out forward and the barrell will lift out of the slide to the rear. When reassembling, be certain that the end of the recoil spring guide with the flange go into the recess in the frame. If you get the recoil spring guide in backwards you will not be able to reassemble the pistol!

I see that you have several boxes of ammunition also in the picture. That appears to be regular ball ammo (full metal jacket w'o a hollow point. Good for plinking purposes but for carrying I would get some of the new .25acp Hornady 35 grain hollow point ammo. Assuming that it will function properly in your pistol, it would make the bite a bit more authoritive!

If you want a nice holster, contact Ed Buffaloe in Texas. He makes very nice lined holsters that won't wear off that nice Colt royal blue. Expect to pay around $35 plus shipping for one of his regular holsters and slightly more of one he makes that looks like a cell phone holster with a flap and snaps on it.

Again, congratulations on a very nice find. If you don't already collect Colt pistols and revolvers, you have a great start!

Originally Posted by Mr.Puff

No way! I just purchased this yesterday. I am set to pick it up on the 28th. It is a 35XXX serial number Colt 1908 Vest Pocket in .25 ACP made in 1910!

The springs in the bag are stock. The previous owner replaced all of the springs with Wolffs and purchased a new striker. The box and manuals in the picture are original. It is pretty sweet.

Those stock wood grips are on my list.

Further reading.
1908Colt

[Mericet]

Very nice!

[targa911S]

Ok I hate BOTH of you now. Where are you finding these near perfect specimens? Hell they still have the fire blue on the triggers. Nuts. Both of you..great finds.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Ok I hate BOTH of you now. Where are you finding these near perfect specimens? Hell they still have the fire blue on the triggers. Nuts. Both of you..great finds.

for having something beautiful! Mine came from Auctionarms. After bidding on at least a half dozen that went above my spending limit, I finally won this auction. By the way, we've seen some of your toys that are quite nice also so don't expect us to feel too badly for you! I'm now looking for a spare original magazine that I don't have to pay $100 for! Don't really want an aftermarket mag, but might have to "settle" for one in the short term. Here's a recent picture of my "herd" of Colts.Will have to update now that the baby 1908 is here

[targa911S]

Fred that is an impressive group. What is the 1903-08 looking one at 1 o clock with the ivory grips? 32 or 380? that one caught my eye right away.

[ben parrish]

Had that same gun years ago but in a nickle finish...unbelievable how hard the trigger pull was...lost it in a boat fire in the Turks and Caicos.

[azasadny]

My father has a 1908 in nickel that I'll inherit one day, as well as a Bauer "clone". I just love these guns and they are fun to shoot!

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Fred that is an impressive group. What is the 1903-08 looking one at 1 o clock with the ivory grips? 32 or 380? that one caught my eye right away.

a 1903, nickel finish with the Colt pearl grips. The right grip is also one of the ones with the rampant Colt facing forward. This one was produced in 1916! The one at 7 o'clock is a Colt Commander in .38 Super. It is a first year production gun in about 98% condition with Colt ivorys.

[targa911S]

nice....really nice.

[Mericet]

All of these pictures remind me, I have to get the pictures of the Fox from my card and upload them.

[targa911S]

well yeah you do...

[fred cook]

went to the range today. Except for two stove pipes, it worked perfectly with ball and hp ammo. I had to get within spitting range in order to hit the target, but that is par for the course with a gun this small (2" bbl). I shot it after putting a few mags full of .357Sig thru my FNP. I almost had to double check to see if it had fired! The mouse that roared!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

[Joe Bob]

Should be very accurate within the design specs.....

What is it, 6 inches to five feet....?

Good anti mugger spoon.