After being loaded, a button atop the slide must be pressed to recatch the recoil spring. The slide is located to the rear of the Woodsman frame, and the whole firearm is operated through a blowback mechanism (pioneered by Browning). 22 calibre rounds, was also manufactured from steel, and was modified depending on the exact model of Woodsman ordered. The barrel, which was rifled and bored to accept. The Woodsman was designed with a distinctive frame, manufactured and finished in blued steel (and is some what similar to the Luger P08). A few Woodsmen were marked with military markings, although these are the rarest versions of the Woodsman. However, the usual price for the Woodsman is around $500, and can still be used daily. Today, the Woodsman is not an uncommon gun, but very good examples can be worth a few thousand dollars to collectors. Production ran until 1977, with various versions of the Woodsman produced and marked as 'Huntsman' or 'Targetsman'. The magazine release was relocated to the base of the grip (as it had been on the First Series) while minor changes were made to the shape of the frame and barrel.

In 1955, Colt decided to modify the Woodsman again, as a result of increasing pressure from Ruger (and their Standard model) and other. The Second Series of the Woodsman entered production in 1947, with minor modifications made to the magazine release (which was the only version of the Woodsman to feature a push-button magazine release) while Colt also introduced the 'Challenger' model of the Woodsman. Other than the introduction of a 'Sports' model and a 'Match Target' model in the 1930s, the Woodsman's design was not altered until the end of the Second World War. 22 LR Automatic pistol (after around 54,000 had been produced), hoping to further tie the pistol to the hunting market. In 1927, however, after analysing whom was buying their pistols, Colt began stamping the name Woodsman to the. It was not, however, called the Woodsman at this time, simply catalogued as the 'Colt. The Woodsman was originally designed and produced in 1915, by legendary gun designer John Moses Browning.

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