Production Kongsberg Colt

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colt aut. pistol m/1912, no. 67


as production start slow, model 1911s bought colt usa. 4 hundred pistols shipped norway royal norwegian navy in 1915, 300 more pistols shipped in 1917 norwegian army. price us$18.50 per piece.


the first test production @ kongsberg våpenfabrikk in norway occurred in 1917 , 95 pistols finished , wrongly stamped colt aut. pistol m/1912 . these pistols identical colt m1911 except minor detail on hammer checkering. 100 pistols ordered, 5 rejected during production. serial range 1 95. number 2 stolen norwegian armed forces museum in 1978.


kongsberg våpenfabrikk ready start mass production in 1918. 1 significant change made. slide-stop extended down , make easier operate. change required cut-out in left stock. change had been suggested in 1916, did not materialize on production pistols before in 1918. new version had left side of slide stamped 11.25 m/m aut. pistol m/1914. , correct adoption of gun approved in 1914 (11.25 m/m metric equivalent 45 caliber). of pistols had been marked 1912 recalled factory have new slide stop installed. production went on, 1932 1939 production low, 871 made (22,311 pieces made before 1940, including 1917 test-run).


during german occupation of norway (1940–1945), manufacture of pistol, given designation pistole 657(n), continued under german control. waffenamt acceptance mark (waa84) added in 1945 , 920 pistols produced year ever waffenamt-marked. not of these waffenamt-marked pistols ever saw action during world war ii first one, serial# 29615, delivered march 29, 1945 , last one, serial# 30534, delivered on 5 may 1945 before liberation of norway. in total, approximately 8200 pistols made during german occupation (serials 22312-30534). of them delivered aok norwegen (army) except 700 delivered maza norwegen (navy).


occupation production:



1940 = approx. 50 pistols
1941 = approx. 4099 pistols
1942 = 3154 pistols
1945 = 920 pistols

no pistols produced in 1943 , 1944. in years, production of krag-jørgensen rifles prioritized.


a further 2,319 pistols assembled existing parts after war until production halted @ serial number 32854 in 1948. twenty additional pistols assembled foreign-produced parts in 1987 collector s pieces market. dealer supplied commercial frames, slides , barrels other parts assembled @ kongsberg. previous markings removed , kongsberg markings , serials engraved on parts before assembled pistols returned us.








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