• Colt Woodsman 22 Serial Numbers
• Colt Pre Woodsman

ALL of them made after the 1933 phase in were designed for high velocity ammunition. That would of course include ALL Match Target models (introduced 6 years later, in 1938) and ALL post-WWII guns, even though many postwar guns have serial numbers lower than 83790 due to the numbering sequence being restarted several times from 1947 to 1976. Unlike the pre-WWII guns, however, all post-WWII guns have an alphabetical suffix to the serial number. • I read somewhere else that the Woodsman marking was added to the frame at serial number 34000.

Includes Challenger, Huntsman and Targetsman FIRST SERIES WOODSMAN: 1915-1947 (Target and Sport Models) DATE Approximate Serial Number Mar 1915 1 Jan 1916 850 Jan 1917 4000 Jan 1918 6400 Jan 1919 7000 Jan 1920 20200 Jan 1921 25000 Jan 1922 27200 Jan 1923 33500 Jan 1924 38700 Jan 1925 43000 Jan 1926 46650 Jan 1927 51700. A single shipment of a dozen or so guns often contained serial numbers spanning a range of several thousand, which might be typical of numbers used over a period of two or three years. Several different sets of serial numbers were used, so it is important to use ALL of the numbers and letters in the serial number. For example: 1001, MT1001, 1001-S, 1001-C, and 001001S are all valid serial numbers dating from 1916, 1938, 1948, 1950, and 1969, respectively.

Colt Woodsman 22 Serial Numbers

• The plastic grips on my 2nd series Woodsman were broken, so I bought another pair at a gun show. When I got them home I found that they did not fit. Not all 2nd series Woodsman plastic grips will interchange. The injection molded grips have tabs on the left side grip panel for rotational stability. When Colt switched from Coltwood (a material similar to Bakelite) to injection molded plastic, changes were made in the grip frame area to accomodate the tabs. Those later grips (bottom) will not fit an early type 2nd series Woodsman frame (top).

Many Colts have been engraved by someone other than a Colt engraver, but regardless of the quality of the engraving they usually will not have comparable value to an original factory engraved gun. The reason is collectibility based on rarity. An identical gun could be created by a skilled craftsman, but it could never be one of the very few ORIGINAL factory engraved Colt Woodsmans. The Colt shipping records show that only about 151 first series (pre-World War II) Woodsmans were factory engraved prior to first sale. Those consisted of 126 Target Models, 14 Sport Models, and 11 Match Target Models. • When was it made?

The grip-frame bottom was 90 degrees to the magazine with the small magazine latch on the rear of the grip frame securing the upper rear of the magazine in the magazine well. Most of these EARLY magazines had no identifying marks on the bottom. And as a side-note would many times, they could be mistaken and interchangeable with the High Standard A or B models. Barrels were 6 5/8” long and a step down shoulder at the rear to a small diameter straight, “pencil barrel” (no taper). You will note in the photo below that there is no writing on the LH side of frame where the barrel screws into. And that many of these early guns had the trigger placed nearer the center of the trigger guard as seen below. Colt pre-Woodsman Ammo Change If your pistol is pre-WWII, it will have a pattern on the mainspring housing, where the web between the thumb and forefinger touches when holding the pistol in firing position.

The box and foam insert are in excellent condition ( see the pictures) The serial number on the box matches that on the gun. This is a collectable grade Colt. A Woodsman Match Target Colt with a 6' heavy barrel- 3rd series. The pictures show marks on the blueing. There are no marks. My camera seems to magnify shadows and 'marks' that easily wipe off with a gun wipe.

Collectors today generally use “Pre-Woodsman” to refer to the earlier versions. The different barrel profiles used in the first series Woodsman Target Model are: 1. Pencil barrel, 1915 to 1922. Pronounced shoulder that steps down the barrel diameter to.500 inch just forward of the receiver, then tapers slightly to.475 inch at the muzzle. Medium barrel, 1922 to 1934. Smaller step down, then tapers to.525 inch the muzzle. Straight taper barrel, 1934 to 1947.

If the cut is made flat with the box, the overall width will be about.243'. It is best to grind this notch with ammo in the magazine and to where your depth comes close, but does not normally touch the bullet. The reason for this is the follower coil spring rides in this rounded groove and you could very easily cut (ruining) this spring if it was fully UP, with no ammo in the magazine. Copies; These guns, like many successful firearms after patent rights ran out, were copied. There was one made in South America by the name of something similar to Gaucho.

Beginning in about 1938 an adjustable front sight was added as an option for the Sport Model. None of the post-WWII type guns (2nd and 3rd series) had an adjustable front sight. The First Series Match Target (Bullseye) model came with a fixed front sight only and a fully adjustable rear sight. • Is there any difference between a Sport Model and a Target Model other than the barrel length and front sight? No, with a couple minor exceptions early in the 2nd series only. The postwar Sport Model had no thumbrest on the left grip until 1950, and it had a fixed rear sight from mid 1949 until mid 1950.

Ask for shipping prices and insurance if wanted. Personal Checks (up to 10 day hold) Cashiers Checks, Money Orders, Certified Checks (up to 3 Day hold) Price:$650.00 Curio/Relic: Yes Manufacturer:Colt Model:Woodsman Serial Number:12275XX Caliber:22 Condition:Good to Exc. Metal Condition:Good to Exc. Bore Condition:Excellent Barrels:4.5 inch Action:semi-auto Finish:Blued Weight:2 pds Manufacture Date:1953.

First Series refers to all those built on the S frame as it existed prior to and during World War Two. Second Series includes all versions built on the second S frame design from late 1947 until mid 1955, and Third Series means the third S frame design as used from 1955 to the end of regular production in 1977. Each series had a Sport Model with a 4-1/2 inch round barrel, a Target Model with a 6 or 6-5/8 inch round barrel, and a Match Target Model with a heavy, flat sided barrel. For the first series Match Target that flat sided barrel was 6-5/8 inches in length, while in the post war versions it was either 4-1/2 or 6 inches. There were also three very similar economy models during the post war years only: the Challenger, the Huntsman, and the Targetsman. The following checklist will help you determine which version you have: • If the serial number contains only numerals, with no alphabetical characters, it is a first series.

And be careful to not remove this on or near a carpet floor. The hard part is putting it back. What trick I do is to use a Dremel tool and grind a slight groove in the screw body, under the head for the spring tail to nestle in. This then allows the tail of the spring a place to be slightly retained in place as you insert the unit back in place and hopefully retains it there as you tighten the screw.

Again after the introduction of the High Speed ammo in 1931 the recoil spring was changed and this thumbprint was changed to signify HS ammo, at about s/n 80,000. Conversion kits were made available for the older Standard Velocity guns.

Conversion kits were made available for the older Standard Velocity guns. Some say the mainspring housing/slide stop was made of a different or casehardened material. However it is my educated guess that this is not the case, just that the horizontal parallel lines on the mainspring housing for identification, since they made the recoil spring stronger to accommodate the more powerful round there was really no need to change the housing. There were 3 sub series, the (1) Sport model which had a 4 ½” straight taper barrel and a fixed front sight.

A Basic Woodsman Collection A BASIC WOODSMAN COLLECTION The following models comprise a representative basic collection of the Colt Woodsman. Wherever barrel length is mentioned it is measured from breech to muzzle; ie, from where the bullet goes in to where it comes out. It is NOT measured from where the barrel emerges from the receiver. Many more variations could be added to this list of 21, depending on how far one wishes to go with the collection, and on which features the collector considers significant. An engineering or design change might be an important variation to one person, and an insignificant item of little interest to another. With the many overlapping changes that took place over the years, there are a large number of possibilities, as illustrated by my collection of approximately including prototypes, experimentals, special order, factory engraved, et cetera.

Several different sets of serial numbers were used, so it is important to use ALL of the numbers and letters in the serial number. For example: 1001, MT1001, 1001-S, 1001-C, and 001001S are all valid serial numbers dating from 1916, 1938, 1948, 1950, and 1969, respectively. For specific information on a particular Colt, send your model name, caliber, serial number, and check to. Colt Historian PO Box 1868 Hartford, CT Phone: 1-800-962-COLT Check with for current prices.

They all will handle standard velocity ammo, which is what all target.22 LR is to this day. I do not recommend firing high velocity ammo in one of the early guns (before 1933). Just buy target ammo and use that. It is more accurate, and less noisy besides. If your Woodsman is pre-WWII it will have a pattern on the mainspring housing, where the web between the thumb and forefinger touches when holding the pistol in firing position. If that pattern is checkered (left), it was made for standard velocity ammo.

One Colt letter states this was issued to the military as a arctic survival pistol. Although it is part of the Second Series, the Challenger model, (being a economy model) unlike the Woodsman, had a spring catch at the butt and a C suffix to the serial number. The Challenger was a economy model with fixed front and rear sights. These could have either the 4 ½” or 6” barrel, with the shorter barrel more common as these were promoted as a trappers sidearm. Triggers were usually the curved for the Sport, Challenger and early Target, with the Match Target being grooved and more straight with a forward bend at the bottom.

This slide stop feature was not available on the economical Challenger, Huntsman or Targetsman, however the slides could have been machined for it as they probably came off the same Woodsman production production line before the rear sight cuts were made. The slide appears to be the same rounded top as the 1 st series. All the rear sights used on these early 2 nd series models were the Coltmaster. The front sights all were installed in a small silver-soldered on ramp, and the blades were retained by 2 small pins. The grips were made of “Coltwood” a wood-grained mottled brown/yellow/black Bakelite.

And be careful to not remove this on or near a carpet floor. The hard part is putting it back. What trick I do is to use a Dremel tool and grind a slight groove in the screw body, under the head for the spring tail to nestle in. This then allows the tail of the spring a place to be slightly retained in place as you insert the unit back in place and hopefully retains it there as you tighten the screw.

A Woodsman Match Target Colt with a 6' heavy barrel- 3rd series. The pictures show marks on the blueing. There are no marks. My camera seems to magnify shadows and 'marks' that easily wipe off with a gun wipe.

The First Series Match Target (Bullseye) model came with a fixed front sight only and a fully adjustable rear sight. • Is there any difference between a Sport Model and a Target Model other than the barrel length and front sight? No, with a couple minor exceptions early in the 2nd series only.

Colt pre-Woodsman Ammo Change If your pistol is pre-WWII, it will have a pattern on the mainspring housing, where the web between the thumb and forefinger touches when holding the pistol in firing position. If that pattern is checkered (photo on the left below), it was made for use of standard velocity ammo (as that was all that was available at that time). If it is a pre WWII gun made after 1931, the pattern was changed to horizontal parallel lines (center in the photo below), because these later designed guns all were all designed for the later high velocity ammo which came out in 1931 at about s/n 80,000 The factory did offer conversion kits for usage of High Speed ammo in the early guns. This included a new mainspring housing and recoil spring. However it is possible to have an early standard velocity gun that has just had the recoil spring replaced with the newer high speed version, but the only way to tell on these is tear it apart and look at the recoil spring as identified below.

And possibly even a few salmon in the fall, not to mention those ferocious soda cans. My parents lived near a creek that had a footbridge crossing it leading to the barn. In the winter when the water was up, I shot many floating alder leaves and specks of foam moving with the current from this bridge with this pistol. And you will be surprised on how good a person can get at instinctive shooting (from the hip) like this when you can see the bullet impact in the water. From this association, after becoming a full time gunsmith and being more closely associated with firearms, I began acquiring more of these little beauties. Before long I found some that were not listed in any of the reference books available at that time. This intrigued me, so if I could not buy one of these different versions, I would at least make notes as to the differences and serial numbers.

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This was the older version without multiple extraction, you had to use the cylinder base pin to push out each fired case. I literally wore this gun out, even sent it back to the factory once, I later wore/chipped the ratchet on the cylinder, so I soft soldered a gob of solder on the missing section, and with my pocket knife whittled it down so the cylinder rotated and was timed correctly. When it wore down again, I just redid the solder job. I got very good at shooting tree leaves and specks of foam floating down the nearby creek in the winter time. And during the summer, if I hung a spinner on a alder limb across the creek while fishing for cutthroat trout, would pull the line tight and shoot the limb off to get my spinner back.

A Basic Woodsman Collection A BASIC WOODSMAN COLLECTION The following models comprise a representative basic collection of the Colt Woodsman. Wherever barrel length is mentioned it is measured from breech to muzzle; ie, from where the bullet goes in to where it comes out. It is NOT measured from where the barrel emerges from the receiver. Many more variations could be added to this list of 21, depending on how far one wishes to go with the collection, and on which features the collector considers significant. An engineering or design change might be an important variation to one person, and an insignificant item of little interest to another. With the many overlapping changes that took place over the years, there are a large number of possibilities, as illustrated by my collection of approximately including prototypes, experimentals, special order, factory engraved, et cetera. The first series Woodsman can be easily recognized by its distinctive profile, which resembles the German Luger in the rakish grip angle.

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I have serial number 45xxx with no Woodsman markings. Is this a rare variation? The confusion over this matter all stems from a typographical error that originated in about 1941, when the author meant to say 54000, but 34000 got into print. Numerous other writers in later years then perpetuated the error. Horace Greeley IV, in his 1972 Man at Arms article, correctly stated the 54000 number based on his own original research in the shipping and manufacturing records at Colt.

Or how many deer it has finished off, not to mention the one or two it got on it's own. It even finished off a bull elk once and killed numerous slaughtered beef cattle with it.

Pre-WWII magazines will not work in post-WWII guns, and vice-versa. Second series magazines will work in third series guns, but only some third series magazines will work in second series guns. There are some after market magazines available, but they are not of good quality and frequently malfunction. If they are Colt originals, they will have Colt markings.

Colt Pre Woodsman

The Sport version’s LH panel was plain. At some later date the grips went to injection molded brown plastic. A unique feature of the 2nd series Woodsman is the provision for a grip adapter on the back strap which was made of the same material as the grips.

I have been told that the magazine is incorrect because it is blued the full length and that it should be a two-tone. Is that true? No, although you will probably hear that a lot. In about 1939 Colt changed the manufacturing process slightly.

If you find out, let me know! Pre-WWII Match Target Woodsmans are often fitted with replacement stocks, due to the original 'Elephant Ear' stocks having been lost or broken. The original stocks bring a very good price by themselves, so a 'bargain' in a Bullseye Model with any type of replacement stocks is probably not a true bargain. Except for military guns, which are government marked, nearly all First Series Match Target Woodsmans were equipped with Elephant Ear stocks when they left the factory. • I bought a Woodsman magazine at a gun show, but it doesn't fit my Woodsman. The Woodsman used several varieties of magazines through the years and not all of them are interchangeable. Pre-WWII magazines will not work in post-WWII guns, and vice-versa.

This Match Target only came with a 6 5/8” barrel and also had adjustable front and a new adjustable Stevens rear sight. This series Match Target was in production from 1938 to 1944. Wartime MT production saw the use of brown plastic grips extending downward near the same configuration of the later 3rd series guns. The plastic material that the shorter standard grips that were used on the Sport or Target versions was the same as the wartime MT. The rear sights were normally non adjustable on the Sport or Target pistols. Magazines for the Pre-Woodsman and 1st series Woodsman are interchangeable no matter the color. All of the Woodsman series have a unique take down system that retains the recoil spring for easier re-assembly.