Finally, won a lot of three or four

Olle · 06-30-2015, 05:02 PM

Found a better picture where the left hand slide legend shows, and it says "COLT PAT: 1908". I seriously doubt that Colt patented the Ruby design, but maybe the manufacturer copied something from a Colt and tried to cover his butt by stamping it like that. Who knows.

I would lean toward a "Chinese style" knock-off (like all those strangely marked C96 copies), but the US Property stamp throws me off. It seems to be of the same age as the gun, so why would a manufacturer do that? A stamp like that is a real booster nowadays, but back then I would rather say that it would make people suspect that it was stolen from a US depot somewhere.

BTW: I know that the "Rampant Colt" has changed quite a bit through the years, so does anybody know how to date this one?

06-30-2015, 05:02 PM	#18
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	Found a better picture where the left hand slide legend shows, and it says "COLT PAT: 1908". I seriously doubt that Colt patented the Ruby design, but maybe the manufacturer copied something from a Colt and tried to cover his butt by stamping it like that. Who knows. I would lean toward a "Chinese style" knock-off (like all those strangely marked C96 copies), but the US Property stamp throws me off. It seems to be of the same age as the gun, so why would a manufacturer do that? A stamp like that is a real booster nowadays, but back then I would rather say that it would make people suspect that it was stolen from a US depot somewhere. BTW: I know that the "Rampant Colt" has changed quite a bit through the years, so does anybody know how to date this one? Attached Thumbnails