SOLD COLT 1911A1 6/1942 PRODUCTION WB CARTOUCHED SHIPPED US NAVY

IN 95% CONDITION, 100% CORRECT WITH A MATCHING NUMBERED SLIDE AND THE CORRECT COLT LARGE G BARREL, WE HAVE A VERY RARE JUNE 1942 PRODUCTION COLT 1911A1. THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PISTOLS SHIPPED DIERECTLY TO THE US NAVY DURING 1942 AND INDEED IT WAS AMONGST THE THE LAST BATCH OF COLT 1911A1’S THAT COLT EVER SHIPPED TO THE NAVY. THIS GUN WAS ONE OF 2,391 PISTOLS THAT WAS SHIPPED TO THE OFFICER IN CHARGE NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT SEWELL’S POINT VIRGINIA ON JUNE 24, 1942. OUT OF THE 107,000 PISTOLS PRODUCED IN 1942 LESS THAN 4,000 WERE EVER SHIPPED TO THE NAVY, MAKING THIS AN EXTREMELY RARE NAVAL PROCUREMENT. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS COLT COLLECTOR OR A NAVY COLLECTOR THEN HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET ONE OF THESE VERY RARE PISTOLS.