sold COLT 1911 VERY EARLY 4 DIGIT OCT 1912 NICE!

$7,500.00

Out of stock

SKU: Item #: 05/30/2011-1 Category:
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IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE AN IMPSSIBLE TO FIND VERY EARLY US ARMY COLT 1911. IT STILL HAS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS EXCEPT FOR A LATER WW1 MAGAZINE. THIS PISTOL WAS DELIVERED TO SPRINGFIELD ARMY AS PART OF A BATCH OF 250 ON OCTOBER 9, 1912. THE PISTOL IS ALL ORIGNAL AND CORRECT INCLUDING THE H MARKED BARREL WHICH HAS AN MINTY BORE. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A GUN LIKE THIS SO ORIGINAL AND UNMESSED WITH. THIS PISTOL CAME OUT OF AN ESTATE AND WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN MEXICO IN THE 1950’S. THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE BORDER WAR WITH MEXICO, OR IF YOU BELIVE IN MOVIES MAYBE THIS WAS FORM THE WILD BUNCH IF YOU COLLECT 1911’S THEN YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE. PISTOLS THIS EARLY AND THIS ORIGINAL JUST DO NOT POP UP OUT OF THE WOODWORK VERY OFTEN, MOST ARE DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN COLLECTIONS THAT NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.