Colt seems to be solely interested in wringing as much cash as they can out of the M1911 design. It's just weird that with so many companies making M1911 clones, you'd think one of them, especially one of the smaller ones, would try to distinguish itself by bringing back the Pocket Hammerless.
Colt recognized the demand for a small CC pistol, but went with the new Colt Agent instead, which is just a Colt Officer with an aluminum alloy frame, so they managed to poop on the legacies of two of their historical pistols all at once. SIG even made their own version of the Colt Mustang in the P238. And yet it never occurred to anyone that some people might want a Pocket Hammerless? Throw in the old school allure of Dillinger and Patton, and it's a no-brainer.
The only problem I can foresee that any new Pocket Hammerless, by Colt or anyone else, would be pricey. There's a lot of competition when it comes to .32 and .380 CC pistols, and modern guns are just smaller, cheaper, and lighter. That's why I said RIA, they'd probably make a more affordable version.
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