GRANT HAMMOND
semi-automatic pistol

wanted

one of the rarest and least known U. S. military self-loading pistols, cal. .45 ACP, 6¾" round barrel with fixed sights, 8-shot. Made in 1917 and tested by Army and Navy. A lengthy feature is in Scott Meadows' book Automatic Pistols. Very scarce pistol, because only 18 made. Flayderman's # 8B-003. Former owners are the well known collectors Sidney Aberman, Lt. Col. R. C. Kuhn and the Winchester Museum.

recoil operated pistol, right side showing
GRANT HAMMOND MFG. CORP., NEW HAVEN, CONN.,  U.S.A.,

left side
PATENT May 4, 1915   OTHER PATENTS PENDING

serial # 16 of probably 18 made. According to the seller: this pistol was part of a collection accumulated over 50 years. After the dead of the owner the rest was quickly sold , only # 16 laid  on the desk because nobody knew, what it was. Eventually the seller found my website.

not for sale

serial #   9 in the white, cased

serial # 11 in the white with additional frame

serial # 17 blue finish + additional marked barrel

not for sale

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