*VERY RARE KOLIBRI 3 MM PISTOL.

*VERY RARE KOLIBRI 3 MM PISTOL. SN 3682. Cal. 3 mm. Nickel finish with 1-1/4″ bbl, no front sight and fixed rear sight resembling a Clement style pistol. It has tip-up bbl with a spring loaded push-button release at top rear of pistol. It has solid exposed trigger with a bottom magazine release. Mounted with orig black hard rubber grips. Left side of bbl has Austrian proofs along with the serial number and the date “2.29”. Accompanied by an orig cartridge box bottom containing seventeen extremely rare orig rounds of ammunition. Also accompanied by a tiny leather clutch purse holster. These tiny pistols are the smallest functioning production semi-auto pistol ever produced. They were in production in Austria during the period 1914-1925 with very few having been made and even fewer surviving today. They fired a 3 grain bullet at approx. 475 feet per second, generating about 1.75 foot pounds of muzzle energy. Reference: Blue Book of Gun Values, Fjestad. Not only were they the smallest pistols produced commercially, but undoubtedly the least powerful also. According to an article by James B. Stewart that appeared in the June 1969 issue of The American Rifleman, only about 100 of these rare pistols were produced with very few known today. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains about 98% strong orig nickel. Grips are extremely fine with faint diamond point wear. Ammunition has dark brass cases with a few of the lead bullets slightly oxidized. Holster is completely sound showing moderate to heavy wear. 4-37546 JR25 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1117	$5,175.00	VERY RARE KOLIBRI 3 MM PISTOL. SN 3682. Cal. 3 mm. Nickel finish with 1-1/4″ bbl, no front sight and fixed rear sight resembling a Clement style pistol. It has tip-up bbl with a spring loaded push-button release at top rear of pistol. It has solid exposed trigger with a bottom magazine release. Mounted with orig black hard rubber grips. Left side of bbl has Austrian proofs along with the serial number and the date “2.29”. Accompanied by an orig cartridge box bottom containing seventeen extremely rare orig rounds of ammunition. Also accompanied by a tiny leather clutch purse holster. These tiny pistols are the smallest functioning production semi-auto pistol ever produced. They were in production in Austria during the period 1914-1925 with very few having been made and even fewer surviving today. They fired a 3 grain bullet at approx. 475 feet per second, generating about 1.75 foot pounds of muzzle energy. Reference: Blue Book of Gun Values, Fjestad. Not only were they the smallest pistols produced commercially, but undoubtedly the least powerful also. According to an article by James B. Stewart that appeared in the June 1969 issue of The American Rifleman, only about 100 of these rare pistols were produced with very few known today. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Overall retains about 98% strong orig nickel. Grips are extremely fine with faint diamond point wear. Ammunition has dark brass cases with a few of the lead bullets slightly oxidized. Holster is completely sound showing moderate to heavy wear. 4-37546 JR25 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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