Hilarious Colt 1903 Copy by Chinese Warlords (100 YEARS OLD!)

Fascinating comparison of a #Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless to a Chinese copy made in the #Warlord period. I love these Warlord #firearms!
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (not to be confused with the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer or the M1903 Springfield rifle) is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is a variant introduced five years later in .380 ACP caliber. Despite the title "hammerless", the Model 1903 does have a hammer. The hammer is covered and hidden from view under the rear of the slide, this allows the pistol to be carried in and withdrawn from a pocket quickly and smoothly without snagging.
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[@twopoundertranslationteam6335]

This seems more like a functional copy of the Spanish Eibar pistol. I personally handled two of the Colt 1903/1908 copies in China. One has a manual safety behind the left grip panel, just like the original Colt. On the left side of the slide it's hilariously marked "Waffenfabrik Mauser" and a series of Belgian proof marks. Another one looks externally more like a Sugiura copy, with "NADE IN CHINA" and a rampant colt logo on the left side of the slide; although this one has no manual safety at all. Chinese warlord era guns are just fascinating.

[@900brandonf]

Dont forget the highly coveted "Wauser" 😅😅😅

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Aren't they just great? You've got all this weird hand made craft stuff typically of dubious quality which at least could throw some bullets in the direction of an opponent, some which is more inventive, some which is nicer with properly rifles bores and real sights, and then you've got the actually pretty damn good illegitimate clones from the arsenals.

[@bhartley868]

Who doesn't love a Chinese warlord .

[@AustinChristopher88]

This is my daily carry gun.

[@Nontacticalboy]

Oh man! You need more subscriber! Your content is incredible!!

[@rob6850]

So great how a knockoff became a collector's item! Does anyone know if they ran/run decently?

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

I've seen this kind of brazed part construction done in an infinitely more crude .45 caliber 1911 imitation. Unlike that pistol, which looked like it would come apart within the span of a single magazine, this little .32 looks somewhat clean and even, and like you could shoot it at least for a while.

[@rinatozaur]

Maybe even cuter than original

[@fattywithafirearm]

Faux-LT 1903

[@historicinvestments2587]

😂😂😂

[@carlrudd1858]

52255, not 52256