Aug 20, 2020 · So I purchased an early Colt 1911 slide for my 1913 USGI Colt frame and need some help identifying year produced. It has the non-circled rampant colt on the rear, but the …

Oct 19, 2013 · Here are some pics of my grandpas service colt and holster . Serial # indicates 1918 manufacture. Hoyt holster also from 1918 presumable they were together from the get …

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Apr 17, 2022 · For $750, that is a great deal. By the way, the hammer (WWII Colt), the thumb safety (WWII Ithaca). 2 tone magazine is the original finish. The slide is the 1918 transition …

Dec 24, 2022 · This 1st year Colt was shipped 1 November 1912 to San Antonio Arsenal. This was the 26th shipment of Colt M1911 pistols, serial range (9501-10000). It is original Colt dull …

Jul 8, 2018 · There is quite a large range of 1918 M1911 COLT Pistols. Using numbers from Clawson (big book), with a few exceptions, the 1918 M1911 started at 204987 in a shipment of …

For a 1918 M1911, you should have a Army rollmark on the slide. Also the hammer looks like earlier short tang which was also from earlier Colt. A 1918 M1911 should have a long tang …

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Jul 21, 2018 · No. 38XX, an early production 1912, is one of 200 (3801 - 4000) shipped 17 Jun 1912 to Commanding Officer, Springfield Armory. Pictured with a early M1912 Mills Type III …

Apr 28, 2016 · A lot of the grips observed on original pistols, from sometime in 1918 through 1919 for M1911, and through the transition to 1911A1 for the 1911 GM, have that uncut (or partial …