Case 7: First Series Target Models
    Shelf A:
  1. First Series Target Model, serial number 5xx. Earliest version, with chamber device and 1903 patent dates only.
  2. First Series Target Model, serial number 11xx. Special order gold bead front sight.
  3. First Series Target Model, serial number 19xx. Chamber device no longer present.
  4. First Series Target Model, serial number 13xxx. 1918 Patent dates added.
  5. First Series Target Model, serial number 19xxx. Special order Patridge front sight. Rampant Colt now forward of slide serrations.
  6. First Series Target Model, serial number 22xxx. Standard front sight.
    Shelf B:
  1. First Series Target Model, serial number 31xxx. Full checkered stocks - no longer a diamond pattern around grip ferrule.
  2. First Series Target Model, serial number 42xxx. Special order front sight. New medium weight barrel.
  3. First Series Target Model, serial number 46xxx. Standard front sight.
  4. First Series Target Model, serial number 54xxx. THE WOODSMAN marking now on side of receiver.
  5. First Series Target Model, serial number 61xxx. Standard bead front sight.
  6. First Series Target Model, serial number 63xxx. Special order Patridge front sight.
    Shelf C:
  1. First Series Target Model, serial number 71xxx. Patridge sight now standard. New style trigger.
  2. First Series Target Model, serial number 73xxx. Special order bead sight.
  3. First Series Target Model, serial number 74xxx. Special order gold bead front sight.
  4. First Series Target Model, serial number 77xxx. New style rear sight.
  5. First Series Target Model, serial number 81xxx. Special order gold bead front sight.
  6. First Series Target Model, serial number 82xxx. New high speed mainspring housing, unnumbered.
    Shelf D:
  1. First Series Target Model, serial number 85xxx. Late features and serial number but old style low speed mainspring housing.
  2. First Series Target Model, serial number 86xxx. High speed mainspring housing now numbered to frame.
  3. First Series Target Model, serial number 93xxx. New heavier straight tapered barrel.
  4. First Series Target Model, serial number 112xxx. Special order bead front sight.
  5. First Series Target Model, serial number 116xxx. Special order ivory bead front sight.
  6. First Series Target Model, serial number 156xxx. New wider sight notch.
For privacy purposes, the final two or three digits of the serial numbers have been replaced with xx or xxx.


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