Colt Firearms Collector

 

1908

Colt' Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company 1908

Hartford, Conn., U.S.A

Colt's Revolvers & Automatic Pistols

Repeating Rifles,

Automatic Machine Guns, Gatling Guns

London Office, 15A Pall Mall,, London, W.

 

Measuring 4 x 5 inches and 40 pages, this early example of the Colt catalogs

features their new Police Positive Special revolver and new Pocket .380 pistol.

Front cover of Colt 1908 catalog

Front Cover

Note hand-held cocked revolver impression

 

Back cover of Colt 1908 catalog

Back Cover

 

1903 Colt catalog first page for comparison to 1908 first page  1908 Colt catalog first page

Comparison of the 1908 and 1903 first page.  Note the logo and address.

 

1908 Colt catalog backside of cover showing relief from impression

Note the impressed cover relief on the inside of the front cover which is

a 'tell' for the real thing verses a reproduction.  Reproductions

will not have the raised imprint on the cover or depressed

 relief on the inside of the cover.

 

New Service

New Service Target

Colt Army Special 'New'

Officers Model Target

Marine Corps Model

Police Positive Special 'New'

Pocket Positive

Police Positive

Police Positive Target

D.A. Revolver .38, .41

Colt Automatic Pistol .45 with stock

Military Model .45

Military Model .38

Pocket Model .38

Pocket Model Hammerless .32, .380

 

1908 Colt Catalog showing positive lock system

 

1908 Colt Catalog New Service target revolver

 

1908 Colt Catalog showing army special and officers model target revolvers

The Army Special is introduced

 

1908 Colt Catalog marine corps model and police positive special

The Police Positive Special is introduced

This is the last year of the Marine Corps Model

 

1908 Colt Catalog police positive and trget models

 

1908 Colt Catalog pocket positive and lightening revolver

 

1908 Colt Catalog single action army and bisley model revolvers

 

1908 Colt Catalog Bisley target and deringer pistols

 

1908 Colt Catalog automatic pistol stock and holster with military model .45

 

1908 Colt Catalog auto military .38 and pocket model .38

 

1908 Colt Catalog auto pocket model hammerless pistols in .308 and .32 calibers

 

1908 Colt Catalog price list information

 

1908 Colt Catalog new service and army special parts list

 

1908 Colt Catalog parts lists for multiple colt revolver page 19

 

1908 Colt Catalog parts list for multiple Colt revolvers

 

1908 Colt Catalog parts list for Bisley revolver

 

1908 Colt Catalog parts list for automatic pistols

 

1908 Colt Catalog parts list for posket model hammerless pistol

 

Page 178 of John Ogle's Book of Colt Paper showing the 1908 catalog

 

1908 Colt Catalog from Ogle's book of Colt paper

 

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