This Colt Mustang was built in 1987 and carries serial MU326xx. The slide is marked COLT MK IV / SERIES 80 over MUSTANG-380 AUTO with the rampant colt, and the frame is marked COLT'S PT. FA. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CT, U.S.A. It is the blued steel framed Mustang rather than the later alloy framed Pocketlite. The barrel is marked CAL .380 where it shows through the ejection port, and the grips are checkered black with Colt 150 medallions. The pistol is used and in good condition, with honest handling wear to the finish, and it functions mechanically. It comes with two Colt magazines and a brown suede inside the waistband holster with a steel belt clip.
Colt introduced the Mark IV Series 80 Government Model .380 in 1983, a pocket automatic that looked like a small M1911, scaled to roughly seventy eight percent of the full sized gun, though it was not the same design underneath. In 1986 Colt shortened the barrel, the slide and the grip frame and sold the result as the Mustang, holding two rounds fewer and small enough to disappear into a coat pocket. The Pocketlite followed in 1987 with a lighter alloy frame, the Plus II in 1988 with the longer grip frame of the Government Model, and a Night Light with tritium sights in 1993. The Series 80 name refers to Colt's trigger operated firing pin safety, which blocks the firing pin until the trigger is pulled. The original line ran until 1996, and Colt brought the Mustang Pocketlite back in 2011.
Specifications
Manufacturer: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hartford, Connecticut
Country of origin: United States
Model: Mark IV Series 80 Mustang
Action: Single action, short recoil semi-automatic
Caliber: .380 ACP
Serial: MU326xx
Year: 1987
Finish: Blued
Frame: Steel
Grips: Checkered black with Colt 150 medallions
Condition: Used, good, with handling wear to the finish
Mechanical condition: Functions
Included: Two Colt magazines and a suede inside the waistband holster with steel belt clip
