The body of the detachable box magazine is of steel, as is the follower, and capacity is six rounds. Mounted on the frame's left behind and below the trigger, the non-reversible magazine release is in the familiar M1911 position. A steel washer between the springs and the guide rod's base prevents them from removing material. The front sight is an integrally machined fixed ramp.Ī pair of coil recoil springs, one inside the other, surrounds the black polymer guide rod, which rides under the barrel and extends through the hole in the slide's front as the slide moves rearward. The square-notch rear sight, which is drift-adjustable for windage, is dovetailed into the slide's rear. The top of the stainless slide is bead blasted matte to reduce glare, and the sides are polished with 10 rear vertical grasping grooves on each side. The average trigger pull weight was 6 pounds, 11 ounces, with a short squishy take-up, a crisp break and little overtravel. The aluminum trigger blade is anodized black and grooved on its front face. An internal extractor is fitted inside the ejection port on the breech face's right. The trigger release on the frame's rear left also does double duty as the ejector. This passive firing pin safety system is intended to prevent an accidental discharge should the gun be dropped on its muzzle.
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Lockwork is of the Series 80 style, in which a trigger release lever is raised when the trigger is pulled, depressing a plunger in the slide's left rear underside and allowing the firing pin to travel forward after being struck by the hammer. The latter is tensioned in the frame by a hairpin spring riding in a recess on the frame's left. Under the barrel, a kidney-shaped cut guides barrel travel around the slide stop. 380s are blowbacks), the PocketLite has two lugs on the 2 3/4-inch-long barrel's top that engage corresponding recesses on the underside of the slide. Stocks are black checkered plastic with a silver-tone Rampant Colt escutcheon on each side.Ī locked-breech design (many. The tang is integral and is of the beavertail variety, keeping the rowel hammer and recoiling slide well away from the shooter's hands even with a proper high grip.
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The finish of the frame is brushed matte, and its grip angle and controls follow those of the M1911 with some differences in internal design. The pistol is small, a mere 11⁄16-inch wide, 4-inch tall and 5 1/2-inch long, and weighs 13.7 ounces unloaded. It mimics the lines of a stainless Combat Commander in diminutive form, including the rowel hammer. The semi-automatic, single-action, recoil-operated Pocketlite derives its name from its aluminum frame. But, after witnessing the surge in interest in single-action sub-compacts from other makers-and a spike in used PocketLite pricing-Colt is back in the. 380, and the 2 3/4-inch-barreled Mustang, which were followed by the aluminum-frame Mustang PocketLite in 1992. 380s came in the form of the Government Model. Production of the Model M ceased in 1945, but later factory. 380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) pistol business since the introduction of the cartridge with its "Automatic Colt Calibre.
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There are so many other really unique, useful, and superior semiautos out there available for $1,000.00 that I would never spend that much on your. At least I could carry the Pre-Model 10 with readily available +P. Just because it is a Colt does not mean it is worth its weight in gold.īut I'd rather have another S&W Pre-Model 10 that dates from the 1940s instead of that. Have you done any research whatsoever to determine the date of manufacture?ĭoes the gun have a special history? Such as having been carried or used by any famous people or in noteworthy events? It would have to be unfired, in mint condition, with box, papers, receipt, any and all tools that might have come with it, and maybe a box of ammo. You have been smoking horse poop if you think you are getting $1,000.00 for that.
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380 mustang all steal version in very good condition and was wondering how much you guys would buy it for if i ever want to sell it.im thinking 1000 bucks at least since they dont make it any more.