IN 95% EXCEPTIONAL CONDTION FOR WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE 1905 COLT .45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUCESSFULL .45 AUTOMATIC AND THE FATHER OF THE COLT 1911. APPROXIMATELY 6000 OF THESE PISTOLS WERE PRODUCED AND FEW SURVIVE TODAY AND EVEN FEWER WITH ANY CONDITION.
THIS IS AN LATER PROUDCTION PISTOL WITH A 4 DIGIT SERIAL NUMBER. LET ME SAY THE THIS PISTOL IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION FOR A MODEL 1905 AND IT HAS A MINT BORE. . WE SEE VERY FEW OF THESE PISTOLS AND THEY ARE ALMOST ALL WELL WORN TO A DULL GRAY. THE TRIGGER AND EXTRACTOR STILL HAVE MOST OF THE BRIGHT FIRE BLUE AS WELL. THIS IS QUITE A REMARKABLE PIECE AND WOULD MAKE A KEY ADDITION TO ANY ADVANCED GUN COLLECTION OR GUN 401K. ACCORDING TO THE COLT LETTER, THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED ON JULY 19, 1911 TO THE FAMOUS CHICAGO FIRM VON LENGERKE & ANTOINE.
