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We accept Cash, pre-approved checks, Visa, MC, American Express, Discover & wire transfers. Please see Terms & Conditions.Īll items are to be paid for in United States American Funds. $1,500-2,000.ġ99 SKOWHEGAN ROAD, FAIRFIELD, Maine, 04937, United Statesĩ:00 AM EST TO 5:00 PM EST or by appointment.ĭoors open at 9:00 AM EST on auction days. Near excellent left grip wear on butt of right. In the white replacement firing pin & blued replacement extractor. Sear pivot pin blued & replacement recoil spring wound square at both ends. All markings readable including ordnance proof. CONDITION: very good to excellent appearance as reparkerized over some faint pitting on dust cover no arsenal marks. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: very good Boyt U.S. Slide w/ slight 2 tone finish due to heat treating w/ demarcation line just forward of slide lock notch. Frame w/ correct markings & mostly late 44 features (Type 2 arched 7 rib mainspring housing used to mid 1943 8 ribs in 1944). 5" unusually marked w/ "5" over chamber & "K" in front of legs. I get his Colt 1911 out about once a year and clean it.Cal. Hammer's original Colt 1911, the holster he carried it in during WWII, and his Korean War era foot locker. He kept the Colt 1911 and his original WWII holster until I ended up with it. He remained in the military and retired as a Lt. He took the same Colt 1911 with him during the Korean War while he was stationed in Japan. Hammer was called back up as a Major about the time of the Korean War. I cherish the time we spent together as much as I do his Colt.Ĭapt. I watched tears run down his cheeks as he told me of the horrors he experienced during WWII. We had some very personal conversations about WWII. He was allowed to return home with his Colt 1911. On top of that, I got to meet the man who carried it during WWII in England, France, Holland, and Germany. I've been fortunate over the years to be able to own a variety of firearms, but I've only ever had one that absolutely ain't for sale, It happens to be a Colt 1911 from 1943 with matching slide and frame which never got arsenal overhauled.
Holster, assuming it is complete and unaltered, probably $75 to $100 or so. The pistol as shown should probably bring $800 or so, but there are those out there who will pay more.
Should have a leather-covered wooden stiffener on the interior (although many were removed by the troops). Sears Saddlery was one of several companies making the M1916 Dismounted Holster during WW2. Most (but not all) were marked on the frame with initials of the armory doing the rebuild (Springfield Armory = SA, Augusta Armory = AA, etc). Even S&W got into the contracting, providing barrels with heavily chrome-lined bores (I have a couple) for the rebuilds. Not unusual to see these pistols with frame by one maker, slide by another, barrel by another, and small parts from every conceivable source. Pistols then went to depots for storage and re-issue as needed by various active or reserve units, sent out as foreign aid, and many were eventually sold as surplus during the 1960's and 1970's (price was about $20.00 per back then, inside a cardboard box with VPI paper wrapping). The armories and depots involved in the program typically disassembled all of the pistols received, checked each part for wear, replaced anything requiring it, and reassembled the pistols with no effort to keep it original. Springfield Armory rebuilt/refurbished pistol, typical of the post-WW2 period (primarily after Korea and through the 1960's).
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