SOLD EXCEPTIONAL AND IMPORTANT 1940 PRE WAR COLT 1911A1 NATIONAL MATCH AUTOMATIC PISTOL…….STUNNING!!!

IN 99%++MINT NEW CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT FIND THAT HAS JUST COME ONTO THE COLLECTING MARKET.  THIS IS A PRE WAR COLT NATIONAL MATCH 1911A1 GOVERNMENT MODEL PISTOL THAT WAS APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO MULLIN AND A COLT FACTORY LETTER ONE OF THE VERY LAST PISTOLS SHIPPED OUT BY COLTS PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WW2.  AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BRITISH BOUGHT EVERY MAN KILLING COLT IN THE FACTORY  AND THIS PISTOL WAS SOLD JUST AS THEY WERE CLEANING OFF THE SHELVES AT COLT  FOR THE BRITISH, MAKING IT OF EXTREME HISTORICAL INTEREST AMONG  COLT COLLECTORS.

THE BORE IS MINT AND THE PISTOL IS 100% CORRECT WITH THE CORRECT MATCHING SLIDE, PROPERLY MARKED BARREL AND THE SCHWARTZ SAFETY.  IT ALSO HAS THE WIDE FRONT SIGHT AS WELL.  THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED BY COLTS ON AUGUST 2, 1940 TO MAJOR C.H. PEDSERSEN, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY .  THESE PISTOLS ARE VERY RARE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1000-3000 WERE EVER MADE AND THE FIGURE IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO 1000 MAKING IT AS RARE AND DESIRABLE AS ANY PRE WAR BLUED MILITARY 1911A1.  THIS IS A VERY RARE AND UNIQUE CHANCE TO OWN ONE OF THE LAST OF THESE PISTOLS THAT WERE EVER MADE.