Old Colts

[carnouts]

So my father died last year and I have been going through his guns. I found two old Colts in his office, one of them literally in a hollowed out book

I've been doing some research on the guns, but I don't know how to really establish their value. I had a couple offers, but I'm unsure about keeping or selling and want some notion for either letting them to a good home or making sure I insure them sufficiently. Any thoughts or help is welcome.

One is a Colt 1903 hammerless in .380, made in 1922. The other is a Junior Colt in .25 auto, made in 1972. Neither have boxes or paperwork, both have one magazine and fire. Thanks for any help.

Casey

PS, I have pictures, but I can't figure out how to post them here... Wow, that is weird.

[Mkc451]

So my father died last year and I have been going through his guns. I found two old Colts in his office, one of them literally in a hollowed out book

I've been doing some research on the guns, but I don't know how to really establish their value. I had a couple offers, but I'm unsure about keeping or selling and want some notion for either letting them to a good home or making sure I insure them sufficiently. Any thoughts or help is welcome.

One is a Colt 1903 hammerless in .380, made in 1922. The other is a Junior Colt in .25 auto, made in 1972. Neither have boxes or paperwork, both have one magazine and fire. Thanks for any help.

Casey

PS, I have pictures, but I can't figure out how to post them here... Wow, that is weird.

The 1903 is worth some nice coinage if it's in good condition, I would check you ID, .380 was called the 1908, 1903 would be in .32acp not .380. I could be wrong that is how I remember the history I've read. The .380 is much rarer. Still should be 1000+$ based on gunbroker.com sales. The junior colt once again depending on condition may 4-500$ or more if it's in better than average condition.

[zcolt45]

COLT 1903 pistol PRICE AND HISTORICAL VALUE Link:

A starting point for review ---

[DEVIL DOG]

PS, I have pictures, but I can't figure out how to post them here... Wow, that is weird.

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[carnouts]

Thanks for those links. I hadn't seen those.

Casey

[mudoven]

You can upload your pics to image hosting sites (Imgur.com, for example) and then put the link in the Insert Image button on the taskbar.