Sold COLT 1911 WARTIME REWORK SAVAGE SLIDE BLUED

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING PRE WW2 OR WW2 AUGUSTA ARSENAL REWORK OF A COLT 1911. IT HAS THE EARLY STYLE AUGUSTA ARSENAL REWORK CARTOUCHE AND A SPRIGNFIELD ARMORY REPLACEMENT BARREL THE SLIDE IS THE DESIRABLE WW1 SAVAGE MADE REPLACEMENT SLIDE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED DURING THIS PERIOD. THE PISTOL IS BLUED NOT PARKERIZED. THIS IS A VERY TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A WARTIME OVERHUAULED PISTOL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT BACK IN SERVICE. THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY OF THE VET THAT CARRIED IS DURING WW2. THIS IS A DECENT AND VERY INTERESTING WW2 45. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZED THAT MOST OF THE .45’S IN SERVICE AT THE TIME OF WW2 WERE COLT 1911’S. THE MASSIVE CONTRACTOR PRODUCED 1911A1’S DID NOT REALLY GET INTO THE FIELD INTO THE MIDDLE OF 1943. .