![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1f.jpg)
Lowell Pauli Collection, photos by Sam Lisker
Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1 - shipped to
J.R. Hegeman in
1908. Mr. Hegeman, a vice president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, of New York, was very active between 1885 and 1925, and was interested
in Colt arms only. Hegeman
was truly a pioneer in Colt collecting and presumably had some fantastic
connections within the Colt company in order for him to own many production
prototype and serial number one guns.
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1c.jpg)
Close-up of left rear slide and frame.
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1d.jpg)
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1b.jpg)
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1a.jpg)
Close-up of serial number 1. Compare it to
the close-up photo of serial number 15 below. It's slightly
different.
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 15](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn15a.jpg)
John W. Brunner Collection,
photos by Sam Lisker
For comparison, here's a close-up of Model M .380 serial
number 15.
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1i1.jpg)
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1g.jpg)
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1j.jpg)
![Colt Model M .380 ACP Serial Number 1](http://www.coltautos.com/images/modelm_380_sn1h.jpg)
![Model M .32 Serial Number 6](http://www.coltautos.com/images/1903no6.gif)
Colt Model M .32 ACP Serial Number 6
- shipped to Frank Schirmer in 1903. Schirmer was Colt's
Treasurer at the time and also received
Colt Model N .25 ACP
Serial Number 2. |