Seventrees ASP Patent Poster

 The ASP pistol, designed by the legendary Paris Theodore, is one of the most famous and enigmatic sidearms of the Cold War era. Using a Smith and Wesson Model 39 as the starting point, Theodore made an incredible 212 changes that resulted in a streamlined pistol intended for easy concealment, easy draw, and fast shooting at near point-blank range. The design was decades ahead of its time, and many of the features he designed are incorporated in a wide variety of modern handguns. Perhaps the most forward-thinking modification of all was his implementation of the unique Guttersnipe sight system. Rather than traditional front-and-rear pistol sights, the Guttersnipe was a single machined block of steel approximately two inches in length which was mounted at the top of the slide, behind the ejection port. A tapered recess along the top of the Guttersnipe was painted yellow and allowed the shooter to align this yellow arrow on close-range targets more quickly than traditional two-piece sigh