1943 COLT 1911A1

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1943 COLT 1911A1

Post by awo425 » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:55 am

Normaly I am not a pistol guy, love my rifles more.

But I had the strange idea to get me a .45 pistol, and liking service rifles, I wantet a 1911 US service pistol.

Lookes at dealers and gunshows, expensive, worn out etc.

But than a real nice Colt made in 1943 was offered to me:

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Everything is correct, only downside is a rough barrel.

But ist still shoots good:

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:11 am

Looks very tidy, pity about the 6 but then i suppose that was your first round eh!
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Post by Pilgrim » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Nice one. They must be harder to get in Deutschland than here in the US. (I lived in Germany for three years-loved it !)

I love my 1941 Colt:

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I need a Luger.
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Post by ian27 » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:08 pm

Lovely pistol. I have never seen an original one here for sale, and if there was it would cost an arm and a leg!!!!!!!!

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Post by stripperclip » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:44 am

good looking pistols you both have.
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Post by awo425 » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:28 pm

Maybe 15 or so years ago a greater number of new WW2 1911A1 pistols came into Germany.

Now and than one shows up, like this one.

But they are by far not as common as Lugers here.

On the last gunshow there wehre maybe 10 or so M191A1, but Lugers were countless(and pricy!!!!!!!!!) evev C96 are plentyfull(but even pricier!!!!!)

Pilgrim, is yours a rebuilt?

Hammer looks more like the one from a Ithaca or Remington Rand????

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Post by Pilgrim » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:28 pm

yup, rebuilt with some Ithaca parts...good eyes.

Someday I'll get a completely original one, I hope.
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Post by awo425 » Wed May 16, 2007 10:19 am

Got lucky and did some trading for a 1942 Boyt Holster :bigsmile:



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Post by ian27 » Thu May 17, 2007 5:19 am

Good looking holster. Whilst looking for my Webley, I came across a guy who offered me a Colt Government Model 1911 maufactured in 1918. He said it was in grade one plus condition with 98% bluing. I was really interested in it, until he said he needed £2450 for it. I nearly had heart failure!!!!!

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Post by A square 10 » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:07 pm

great pistols and holster , you fellows did very well indeed
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