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Monarch Arms ‘Rifle-ette’ Stock

During the 1920s and 30s the Monarch Arms & Mfg Sales Company, based in Los Angeles, produced a range of detachable stocks for pistols including the Colt 1911 and Colt Woodsman. This followed in the footsteps of numerous other detachable pistol stock designs which provided more stability and better accuracy.

Monarch Arms appears to have marketed these stocks under various names including ‘Steady Fire’ and the ‘Rifle-ette’, Monarch Arms also sold a kit including a stock and extended magazine known as the ‘Multi-Shot Riot & Anti-Bandit’(see images #1 - #3). In the photographs above a Colt Government Model has been outfitted with a Multi-Shot extended magazine and a Rifle-ette shoulder stock. Apparently developed by a Los Angeles police officer they could be fitted to a variety of Colt pistol models, including Government models in .45 ACP and .38 Super, to create a light pistol carbine.

To minimise weight Monarch Arms made their stocks from cast aluminium with a crackle paint finish. The multi-shot extended magazine grip, which held 18 or 22 rounds, was also made from cast aluminium. To attach the stock the left hand grip panels was replaced with one provided by Monarch which had additional holes for two thumb screws to allow the stock to be attached quickly. This was set up for right-handed shooters, it is unclear if Monarch offered a left-handed version of the stock.

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Monarch Arms & Mfg. nameplate on the butt of a Rifle-ette stock (source)

At the wrist of the stock a pivoting joint, held in place by two screws, could move up and down to adjust the angle of the stock. Unlike the 1911 version, the stock made for the .22LR Colt Woodsman had just one thumb screw at the bottom of the grip. Cast into the stocks were the words ‘Pat Appld For’, however, I could not find the corresponding patent. On the butt of the stocks there was a manufacturer’s nameplate.  

With the passing of the 1934 National Firearms Act, any firearm with a buttstock and an overall length less than 26 inches became regulated requiring a $200 tax stamp. This presumably put an end to Monarch Arms’ sale of pistol stocks. Today the Multi-Shot Riot & Anti-Bandit and Rifle-ette stocks made by Monarch Arms are Section III exempt from the National Firearms Act and classed as Curio & Relic.  

Sources:

Monarch “Rifle-ette” Shoulder Stock w/ Colt Government Model Pistol, MrColt45acp (source)

Colt Woodsman with Rifle-ette stock (source)

Scarce Monarch Arms Steady Fire Riot and Anti-Bandit Conversion Kit (source)

Monarch Arms “Rifle-ette” stock & Colt Woodsman (source


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