SOLD VERY RARE COLT SERVICE MODEL ACE .22LR PISTOL,1945 LATE JSB CARTOUCHE, TO US NAVY NORFOLK, MINT!

IN 98%  FACTORY ORIGINAL  MINT  CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY DESIRABLE AND VERY RARE 1945 PRODUCTION COLT SERVICE MODEL ACE  .22lr PISTOL. THIS PISTOL HAS THE VERY RARE LATE WAR JSB INSPECTION MARK FOR INSPECTOR JOHN S BEGLEY, WHO WAS THE FINAL US ORDNANCE INSPECTOR AT COLTS.  THESE SM ACE PISTOLS WERE THE GUN OF CHOICE FOR TRAINING AND MARKSMANSHIP.

THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED TO THE US NAVY IN NORFOLK IN AUGUST,  1945…. RIGHT AT THE END OF THE WAR. THE SERVICE MODEL ACE IS ONE OF THOSE COLTS THAT HAS GARNERED A LOT OF MYSTIQUE, ONLY AROUND 12,000 WERE MADE AND VERY FEW STILL SURVIVE IN ORIGINAL CONDITION. THIS IS A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN GUN THAT HAS ONLY SEEN SLIGHT USE, 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.