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June 2003

The Featured Gun of the Month:
Colt Model M .380 Serial Number 1
 

 
Lowell Pauli Collection, photos by Sam Lisker
Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1 - shipped to J.R. Hegeman in 1908.   Mr. Hegeman, a vice president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, of New York, was very active between 1885 and 1925, and was interested in Colt arms only. Hegeman was truly a pioneer in Colt collecting and presumably had some fantastic connections within the Colt company in order for him to own many production prototype and serial number one guns.

Close-up of left side serial number.

Right side of serial number 1.

Close-up of serial number 1.  Compare it to the close-up photo of serial number 15 below.  It's slightly different.


John W. Brunner Collection, photo by Sam Lisker
For comparison, here's a close-up of Model M .380 serial number 15.

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