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Title:	PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC -  COLT PISTOL WOODSMAN .22 SN# 84184
Maker/Manufacturer:	BROWNING, JOHN M.
Date of Manufacture:	1932
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 1408
Measurements:	OL: 26.9CM 10 5/8" BL: 16.7CM 6 5/8"

Object Description:

COLT PISTOL WOODSMAN .22 SN# 84184
Manufactured by Colt, Hartford, Ct. in 1932 - Modified. Operates on blow-back principle. 10-round magazine feed mechanism. Target sights. Has nonstandard thumb rest grips. New mainspring housing to handle high velocity ammuntion. Complete with two 10-round detachable box magazines. One magazine in catalog folder.

Markings:
Frame: 84184.
Slide: COLT AUTOMATIC /CAL..22 LONG RIFLE. Rampant Colt.
Barrel: COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A./PAT'D DEC. 22. 1903. AUG. 22. 1918. SEPT. 3. 1918.
Barrel extension: THE WOODSMAN.
Grip strap: 84184.

Weapon transferred to the Museum on 1 June 1932. Weapon listed as being here in special inventory of March 23, 1933.

Army #5004 - "Fitted with new main spring housing adapting this arm for use with all std. .22 L.R. High Speed or High velocity cartridges."

Notes: "1932 - Colt Woodsman Cal..22 Auto - The report to Congress shows purchase of one 'Pistol, Cal..22, Colt's Woodsman.' The SA Museum has serial number 84184, which is probably this pistol, in its collection. The RIA document confirm the purchase." - Pate

"According to Joesph Polcetti, old museum employee, this piece was a normal Woodsman that was borrowed form the museum by the FBI in the 1960s - when it was returned, the barrel was threaded, apparently for a silencer. Joe feels they were trying to duplicate a shooting with a simlar weapon used in the crime." - William E. Meuse, NPS Curator, 11/15/1989

References:
Pate, Charles. U.S. HANDGUNS OF WORLD WAR II: THE SECONDARY PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. Andrew Mowbray Publishers. Lincoln, R.I. 1998.