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					P. Cardenas Collection 
					Colt Ace serial number 292 - Pistol shipped July 
					29, 1931 in a ten gun shipment.  Shipped to Union 
					Hardware & Metal Company, Los Angeles, California.  Pistol is accompanied by its' original 
					instructions. 
					
					  
					
					  
					Colt Ace serial number 292 - pictured with original 
					instruction sheet and early original two-tone magazine.  Hole in rear of magazine 
					(visible in the photo below) does not appear on all Ace 
					magazines.  Later two-tone magazines have been observed 
					without the hole.
					  
					Colt Ace serial number 292 - rear of 
					slide is stamped "292" which matches the serial number on 
					the right side of the frame. 
					
					  
					
					Colt Ace serial number 292 - grip safety and 
					mainspring housing - note, as with the commercial match 
					pistols, the mainspring housing is not equipped with a 
					lanyard loop. 
					
					  
					
					Original Colt two-tone Ace .22 LR magazines - right 
					side 
					
					  
					
					Original Colt two-tone Ace .22 LR magazines - left 
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