Wagar and latter-day proponents of the big ‘n fast school of terminating terminal ballistics who reckon the 1903 isn’t up to the job of personal protection.
As for armed assailants, today’s bad guys are more likely to be motivated by methamphetamine than manliness, and that’s not a good thing. Wagar wrote that the Colt wasn’t powerful enough for “defensive purposes against great beasts or armed men of great virility.”įair enough on the beast front I’m told that bears take some killing. A few months after the Colt 1903 first saw the light of day, American Rifleman gun reviewer J. Those of you who worship on the altar of “stopping power” will dismiss the 1903 as an antique piece, less suitable for self-defense than a nearby table lamp. Which brings us to the 1903’s once and future utility. The rampant horse rears up on both the bottom of the grip and the left rear corner of the slide, where it’s etched with infinite care. The Colt name embedded therein is sized appropriately, framed within the checkering, aligned with the bottom of the trigger guard. This gun’s high-tech (for the time) Bakelite grips are monochromatic masterpieces that say “I was a black gun before black guns were cool.” Colt manufactured our test model model in 1921, three years before the company started selling the standard weapon with contrasting walnut grips. The 1903’s details are equally subtle, similarly beguiling. Like an Alden Bristol sailboat, the 1903 affirms the old adage “if it looks right, it is right.” Like a Michelangelo sculture, you couldn’t add or subtract a thing. You don’t need me to tell you that the 1903’s design is as classic as the original Coke bottle: both of its time and timeless. Scope those elegant lines and perfect proportions.
Why bother with technical analysis or Bonnie-busted-out-Clyde-with-this-gun historical trivia when you can click and clock John Browning’s genius. The Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless is not hammerless.
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