SOLD RARE COLT SERVICE MODEL ACE LATE JSB CARTOUCHE US NAVY

IN 98+% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE 1945 PRODUCTION COLT SERVICE MODEL ACE PISTOL. THIS PISTOL HAS THE VERY RARE LATE WAR JSB INPSECTION MARK FOR INPSECTOR JOHN S BEGLEY, WHO WAS THE FINAL WARTIME INPSECTOR OF MILITARY INPECTED COLTS. THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED TO THE US NAVY IN NORFOLK IN AUGUST 1945 RIGHT AT THE END OF THE WAR. THE SERIVCE MODEL ACE IS ONE OF THOSE COLTS THAT HAS GARNERED ALOT OF MYSTIQUE, ONLY AROUND 12000 WERE MADE AND VERY FEW STILL SURVIVE IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. THIS IS A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN GUN THAT HAS ONLY SEEN STORAGE, THE BORE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT TO FIND ADDITION TO ANY SERIOUS US MARTIAL PISTOL OR COLT COLLECTION. THEY JUST NEVER COME UP FOR SALE.