SOLD US WWI VERY LATE WAR 1919 PRODUCTION COLT MODEL OF 1911 US ARMY SERVICE PISTOL, “BLACK ARMY” VARIANT, VERY HARD TO FIND MINT SHARP CONDITION!
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IN 97% REALLY SHARP, VERY HARD TO FIND CONDITION LIKE YOU JUST NEVER SEE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A 1919 SHIPPED “BLACK ARMY” COLT 1911 US ARMY SERVICE PISTOL. THIS PISTOL IS 100% CORRECT EXACTLY AS IT LEFT COLTS. THIS PISTOL WAS MADE TOO LATE FOR USE IN WWI AND WAS PLACED IN RESERVE BY SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. THESE WERE READILY AVAILABLE FOR CALL UP DURING THE BUILDUP FOR WWII. THE BLACK OXIDE FINISH ON THE BLACK ARMY PISTOLS TENDED TO FLAKE OFF SO FINDING NICE EXAMPLES SUCH AS THIS IS NOT EASY.
THE ORIGINAL MODEL OF 1911 WAS THE PRIMARY US ARMY SIDE ARM UNTIL WELL INTO 1943. AT THE BEGINNING OF WWII THE VAST MAJORITY OF M1911 PISTOLS IS ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ARMY WERE THE WWI VARIANT SUCH AS THIS PISTOL; IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATE IN 1943 THAT SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF THE NEWER MODEL 1911A1 WERE REACHING THE FRONT.
