HOLD VERY RARE & IMPORTANT DOCUMENTED PRE WAR, 1937 COLT MODEL 1911/1911A1 TRANSITONAL US ARMY SERVICE PISTOL, US NAVY ISSUE, SPRINGFIELD RESEARCH WWII LISTED TO MIDWAY ISLAND!

IN 95-96% VERY SHARP ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BLUED 1937 COLT 1911A1 US ARMY SERVICE PISTOL THAT WAS SHIPPED BY COLTS ON MARCH 19, 1937  TO THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY FOR THE US NAVY.  THIS PISTOL IS 100% CORRECT AND ORIGINAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SLIDE WHICH IS FROM A PISTOL 4 DIGITS EARLIER.  THIS OBVIOULSLY OCCURED DURING A SHIPBOARD ARSENAL CLEANING. IT IS LITERALLY FROM THE PISTOL THAT WAS MADE 4 GUNS ERALIER OFF THE ASSEMBLEY LINE!   IT HAS THE CORRECT POLISHED TOP COLT BARREL THAT WAS USED ON THE 1937 PISTOLS.  YOU WILL ALSO NOTE THAT IS STILL MARKED “MODEL OF 1911. U.S. ARMY” EVEN THOUGH THIS IS TECHNICALLY A MODEL 1911A1.   THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR THIS MARKING WAS USED.  THE 1937 PRODUCTION GOVERNMENT GUNS ARE UNIQUE IN SEVERAL ASPECTS AND ARE A MUST HAVE FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS PISTOL’S SERIAL NUMBER WAS A HIT ON SPRINGFIELD RESEARCH, WHICH INDICATED THAT ON MARCH 20, 1944 IT WAS RECORDED AS BEING ON MIDWAY ISLAND BY THE US NAVY.  THIS PISTOL WAS LIKELY ON THE ISLAND DURING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WHICH  OCCURED IN  JUNE 1942.  THIS SUBSTANCVIALLY ADDS TO THE ALLURE AND DESIRABILTIY OF THIS PISTOL.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT IF THE SLIDE WAS MATCHING, WE WOULD BE ASKING AND GETTING $30,000 FOR IT;  WE FEEL THE PRICE IS VERY FAIR CONSIDERING THE RARITY AND THE PROVENANCE.

IN 1924 THE US ARMY ORDERED 10,000 OF THE NEW MODEL 1911A1 PISTOL AND AFTER THAT NONE WERE ORDERED UNTIL 1937-1940 WHEN SMALL ORDERS WERE PLACED EACH YEAR GOING SPECIFICALLY EITHER TO THE ARMY OR THE NAVY.  BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY LOW NUMBERS THAT WENT INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE THEY ARE THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER US MARTIAL PISTOLS OF THE 2OTH CENTURY BY ADVANCED SERIOUS COLLECTORS.

THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF AN VERY RARE PRE-WAR 1937 ARMY COLT.   ONLY 2,349 PISTOLS WERE MADE FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN 1937 AND JUST A HANDFUL STILL EXIST IN ORIGINAL CONDITION AND ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER THIS SHARP!     THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE PISTOL.  I HARDLY NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THESE PRE-WAR MILITARY COLTS ARE THE ABSOLUTE APEX OF 20TH CENTURY MILITARY HANDGUNS.  THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO OWN AN ICONIC PIECE OF WWII  HISTORY.  ONLY A SMALL HANDFUL OF THESE PISTOLS EXIST IN THIS TOP CONDITION, ABSOLUTELY A BLUE CHIP INVESTMENT!