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by MoJo
Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:34 pm
Forum: Closed Items
Topic: RARE colt 1911A1 - SOLD
Replies: 25
Views: 7685

Re: RARE colt 1911A1

schufflerbot wrote:every time i hold it i consider keeping it... maybe make an awesome case for it and mount it on the wall.
Now you're talking!
by MoJo
Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: Closed Items
Topic: RARE colt 1911A1 - SOLD
Replies: 25
Views: 7685

Re: RARE colt 1911A1

Doc is correct about the date the gun was made. Any 1911 made in 1918 is a 1911 not an A1. The A1 mods were put into place in 1924. Your gun has a 1911 frame and slide an A1 trigger and mainspring housing and probably an A1 grip safety. The mods were probably done as arsenal overhauls sometime between WWI and WWII or right after WWII. There were a ton of former service 1911 pistols sold by the DCM (now CMP) after WWII and before the GCA of 1968. In about 1960 a service grade pistol sold for about 30 bucks.

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