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Colt Model 1908 .380 ACP Police Department Marked
Factory Inscribed Pistols

P.D.N.Y. - New York Police Department

 
Model M .380 serial number 15398 with factory rollmark "P.D.N.Y. No. 171" on right side of frame above grip. Pistol has original finish.  Over 800 of these pistols were ordered by the New York City Police Department around 1915 for issue to detectives. Very few of these examples are known to have survived.  
 

Model M .380 serial number 15398 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 171" right side.

Model M .380 with factory rollmark "P.D.N.Y. No. 353" on right side of frame above grip. Over 800 of these pistols were ordered by the New York City Police Department around 1915 for issue to detectives.

Model M .380 serial number 15217 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 353" on right side of frame above grip.. 

Model M .380 serial number 15212 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 353" right side.

Model M .380 serial number 16422 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 417" left side.

Model M .380 serial number 16422 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 417" right side.

Close-up of P.D.N.Y. No. 417 Rollmark

Model M .380 serial number 16760 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 345" on right side of frame above grip.. 

Model M .380 serial number 16760 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 345" on right side of frame above grip.. 

 

 

 

 

Model M .380 serial number 16595 factory rollmarked "P.D.N.Y. No. 111" on right side of frame above grip. Replacement plastic grips.

 

 
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