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This Colt Mk IV Series 80 ultimate bright stainless gov't model was manufactured in 1993, shipped in the same year. Well, I'm posting to thank folks again for their input, and to eat crow for posting a strong statement it turns out I was wrong about.
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If I can figure out how to post photos, I'll show you what I'm referring to. So.whatever markings are beneath those grips were there when the original owner first bought the pistol new from a dealer - direct from Colt.
The brother of the fellow who died indicated that his brother only shot the pistol infrequently, he wasn't much into guns or shooting and he didn't know that much about them. This is a Colt Mk IV Series 80 Ultimate Bright Stainless Enhanced pistol made sometime between 19 (?) - awaiting more detail.
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Plus, I know for a fact the initial owner never removed the wrap-around pebbled rubber grips: when I removed them to install some American Elk grip slabs by Eagle there was a thin layer of adhesive (or 20 year old gun oil) beneath the original factory rubber grips. The first owner died some 8-9 years ago, and the pistol has been stored since. I'm only the second owner of this pistol. I'm reasonably certain the markings were put there by the manufacturer. I'm technologically challenged, but will try to take photos of the engraved numbers and codes and post them. (Thanks to Ed Brink, in his Colt Rimfire Automatic Pistols, for the "Double S" information.Thank you Dfariswheel for the information. In order to salvage the 1336 guns already numbered past 100000S, they were hand stamped with an S prefix, in addition to the suffix, thereby creating the "Double S" variation. *Double S Huntsman: The serial number series that began with 001001S passed 100000S in 1976, and reached 101336S before it was noticed that numbers used in 1952 were being duplicated. Contrary to some published reports, all models of the Woodsman line - Target, Sport, Match Target, Huntsman, and Targetsman - were manufactured in the serial number range that began with 300001S.
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Serial numbers for all models: Sport, Target, Match Target, Huntsman, and Targetsman, integrated early in 1969 and restarted at 001001S.ĭue to reaching a serial number range (100,000S) that had already been used in 1952, serial numbers were restarted again in May, 1976, beginning with 300001S. The numbers then skipped to 160001-S and restarted. Late 1955: The first 1001 Woodsmans of the 3rd series were assigned serial numbers 146138-S to 147138-S, from the end of the 2nd series block. Huntsman (Begin at 90001-C) and Targetsman (Begin at 129300-C) Serial numbers then skipped to 90001-C and restarted. The Huntsman replaced the Challenger in 1955, with the introduction of the third series. Target, Sport, and Match Target Models Models As a result, any table of manufacture dates by serial number for the First Series Match Target can only be approximate at best. The Woodsman Bullseye model was numbered in non-sequential blocks, so a gun with a lower serial number might well have been assembled and shipped later than one with a higher serial number. The rest were assigned a new block of serial numbers beginning at 180000, and continuing to 187423 (with some numbers skipped).įirst Series Match Target "Bullseye" Model: 1938-1944 Some were numbered in the 157038 to 159024 range. Shortly after World War II, from Oct, 1946 to June, 1947 a number of prewar type guns were assembled and shipped. *Some numbers from the 1942 block were shipped after WWII, in 19. (Sport introduced at approximately serial number 86000)
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