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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 1903 Value? Has 1903 serial number

Posted: 10/24/2015 7:00:29 AM EDT

I have my eye on a gun and am hoping to buy it late this afternoon. I've had this 1903 in the back of the safe for awhile and never paid much attention to it, so I thought I would offer it up for trade. I have no papers or box, and the magazine appears to be the correct one. Figured I should be educated before I take an offer and it turns out it was made in 1903. Any help with the value?

Colt by M. Blue 240, on Flickr

Posted: 10/24/2015 7:04:34 AM EDT

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/64471650@N03/shares/30w6Dk

I dunno, but your link is not working unless you copy and paste it.

Posted: 10/24/2015 4:10:22 PM EDT

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I have my eye on a gun and am hoping to buy it late this afternoon. I've had this 1903 in the back of the safe for awhile and never paid much attention to it, so I thought I would offer it up for trade. I have no papers or box, and the magazine appears to be the correct one. Figured I should be educated before I take an offer and it turns out it was made in 1903. Any help with the value?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64471650@N03/shares/30w6Dk

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Posted: 10/25/2015 7:56:57 AM EDT

[#3]

Well my flikr skills fail, so I'll have to work on that. I'm keeping the gun for the time being though. Gun shop owner said they had 3 for sale for around $300, didn't care how old it was. I told him it was from 1903 and he respond that was the model number. I packed it back up and left. It would be nice to have an idea of value though.

Posted: 10/25/2015 8:06:24 AM EDT

[#4]

Probably over a grand pretty easy.

If they have three sitting at the shop for $300 you should buy them all and resell them.

Probably make a lot of money.

Posted: 10/30/2015 3:33:33 PM EDT

[#5]

looks like you've got a Type I 1903 there, for current estimates on value check completed listings on gunbroker...most would probably be in the $400-700 range but I haven't checked in a while.

the above is a correct magazine for a Type I, note that it doesn't have a stamping like the Type II, III, and IV variants.

edit: also it would not be two-tone but all blued

Posted: 11/12/2015 1:31:38 PM EDT

[#6]

That serial number will come back as 1903 manufacture year according to the Colt website. I have one of that year as well. Check out coltautos.com. There is a link to sell to a collector.

Posted: 12/5/2015 12:21:27 PM EDT

[#7]

Here's my 1903/08 380 two tone manufactured in 1914, which I hadn't found much info on as it would seem to have been a custom order in that configuration, or someone in years past flipped and flopped a nickel with a blue.

Posted: 12/5/2015 10:01:02 PM EDT

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Here's my 1903 380 two tone, which I hadn't found much info on as it would seem to have been a custom order in that configuration, or someone in years past flipped and flopped a nickel with a blue.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Tomb007/20151205_111350_resized.jpg.

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Does the S/N on the underside of the slide match the frame?

Posted: 12/6/2015 7:42:40 AM EDT

[#9]

I had to take it apart as I have never noticed any numbers under the slide. No numbers underneath the slide. This pistol has been in the family for over 40 years and I know Pop's was too frugal for a refinish.

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