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Colt Ace .22 LR - First Year of Production Serial Number 292

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 side

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