Colt Semi -Automatic Pistols top. Ace.22 Ace Service.22 Challenger, Huntsman & Targetsman.22 Combat Commander Gold Cup N.M.38 Gold Cup N.M.45 Junior Colt.22 Junior Colt.25 Junior Colt.22,.25 & Colt Auto Cal.25 from 1970 Kit.38 Special (.38 Special Caliber) Kit.38 Special (.45 ACP) Kit Conversion.45 -.22 Kit Conversion.22 -.45. Mar 29, 2013 The ace started in 1931 that serial number could be a post war 38 super frame no way to tell with out a pic sounds like a put together piece Slide the firing pin stop down with your thumb, if it's a prewar ace slide there will be a serial number there then you can date the slide. From what you describe with no photos not a good investment.

Year	Colt Ace Serial Number Range	Colt Service Model Ace Serial Number Range
1931	1
1932	4000
1933	4400
1934	4972
1935	5950	SM1
1936	6150	SM10
1937	7150	SM50
1938	9000	SM491
1939	9550	SM453
1940	10250	SM901-SM952 / SM1120
1941	10500	SM1550
1942	Limited or No Production	SM2715
1943	Limited or No Production	Limited or No Production
1944	Limited or No Production	Limited or No Production
1945	Limited or No Production	SM3725-SM13803 (End of Production)
1946	Limited or No Production
1947	10790-10935

*Ship Dates are not in sequential order. A Colt Archive letter would be required to confirm.

Colt Service Model Ace Serial Number SM2326 - WWII issue, RS inside a Box for Colonel Robert Sears. The slide is numbered to the gun. The pistol belonged to U.S. Navy Captain Arthur Stark of the USS BARBET, a mine sweeper which worked mainly the area surrounding the Panama Canal.

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Colt Service Model Ace serial number SM2326 was one of 90 pistols sold to the United States Government and shipped to the Commanding General, Springfield Armory, Springfield Massachusetts on October 22, 1941. It was processed on Colt Factory Order number 9966.

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Close-up of the R.S. ordnance mark.

Colt Service Model Ace SM2033 right side view.

Right side close-up of serial number. Note: there is no UNITED STATES PROPERTY mark above the serial number on the frame as there is on some guns in this serial number range.

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This Remington MkIII 10 gauge Very flare gun (ca. 1943) with accompanying holster and three original boxes of flares (green, white & red) was also owned by U.S. Navy Captain Arthur Stark of the USS BARBET.

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