Consists of a machined stainless steel slide and barrel for the rare Colt SSP semi-automatic pistol, in the white. First developed by Colt as the Model 1971, the handgun that would become the Stainless Steel Pistol (SSP) was conceived as a way to get the jump on a future U.S. military handgun request. Before any formal requirements had been fielded, the company had managed to develop a solid read on the then-current trends in firearms, particularly the rise of what would later be dubbed the "Wonder Nine", the 9mm double-stack double-action semi-automatic pistol. Colt's read on the Wonder Nine was a radical departure from the 1911A1, completely changing much of the internal configuration and external appearance. The SSP had an additional feature, specifically that it was designed to be convertible between 9x19 NATO and 45 ACP with just a few parts. While this option was not part of the later XM9/XM10 trial requirements, the post-XM9 trials for a SOCOM-particular 45 handgun and the recent American adoption of the caliber convertible Sig-Sauer M17/M18 to replace the Beretta M9 (which beat out the SSP and others at the XM9/XM10 trials) makes this seem like a nearly prescient move. Following the trials no commercial production was pursued, and the SSPs made for the trials were either tested to death, given to VIPs as gifts, or disappeared into the American logistics system, and few can be found today.

Very fine. The slide and barrel show scattered light scuffs and scratches with machined cuts for the various absent internal components.