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Title:	PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC -  U.S. PISTOL T4.1 9MM SN# 1
Maker/Manufacturer:	COLT
Date of Manufacture:	C 1950
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 1463
Measurements:	OL: 17.7CM 7" BL: 10.1CM 4"

Object Description:

U.S. PISTOL T4.1 9MM SN# 1
Manufactured by Colt, Hartford, Ct. - Experimental. Double-action, blow-back operated, aluminum alloy frame, staggered box magazine. Complete with detachable box magazine. Triggerguard missing.

Markings:
Frame: T4.1.
Magazine: JI.

Weapon transferred to the Museum on 21 May 1965. At that time weapon was appraised at $100.00.

Exhibit label: "COLT T4 AUTOMATIC (EXPERIMENTAL) - Another version of the light weight pistol was developed to fire the 9 millimeter Parabellum cartridge. Colt, shown here, Smith & Wesson, and High Standard offered specimens, but none met the Army's expectations, and the project ended in the early 1950s."