Colt Ace .22 LR - Collector's Information

COLT ACE .22 LR
General Characteristics	Technical Specifications
Colt Ace Magazine Variations	Early and Late type two-tone Ace magazines compared to a two-tone Service Model Ace magazine
Colt ACE serial number 211	First year of production (1931)
Colt ACE serial number 292	First year of production (1931)
Colt ACE serial number 794	Mint boxed example. First year of production (1931)
Colt ACE serial number 1711	First year of production (1931)
Colt ACE serial number 5222	1934 production factory nickel plated example.
Colt ACE serial number 5241	Shipped to US Coast Guard.
Colt ACE serial number 6662	Mint boxed example. (1936)
Colt ACE serial number 7030	Belonging to Lieutenant Thomas P. Dunleavy, who was the Navy Chaplain aboard the USS Callaway (1936)
Colt ACE serial number 7103	Factory engraved with "B" coverage (1936)
Colt ACE serial number 7540	In original box numbered to gun with accessories
Colt ACE Late Production	Circa 1938 with Rampant Colt behind slide serrations.
Colt ACE Sight Tag Variations	Three variations of original ACE sight tags
Colt ACE Model Advertisement
Colt ACE Early Pamphlet

Colt Ace .22 LR Advertisement from the November, 1930 issue of the American Rifleman. The purpose of the ad was to determine if there were enough shooters with an interest in owning a .22 caliber pistol on a Colt .45 caliber Government Model frame to warrant the expense by Colt for the tools and other equipment required to manufacture this new pistol.

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