THE “PARALLEL RULER” PISTOL: COLT’S MODEL 1902

Before the 1911, John Browning took a different path.

By Jeff John

Eras when firearms made dramatic changeovers are fun as you look at all the wild technology hatched, and how some work and evolve while others barely break out of their shell. Just imagine being on hand for the turn of the 20th century. The telephone was taking hold, automobiles were replacing horses, man would soon fly in a powered heavier-than-air craft, and self-loading handguns sprouted around the world using a variety of wonderfully different operating systems. John Browning led the way in the United States with the Automatic Colt Pistol, .38 Caliber. It’s taken 100 years for the predictions given in the very first story on the “Automatic Colt Pistol” in the April 19, 1900, issue of Shooting and Fishing magazine to come true. After testing pistol serial number 1, the…

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