IN 98%++ MINT CRISP STUNNING CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER EARLY 1943 PRODUCTION COLT 1911A1 US ARMY SERIVCE PISTOL COMMERCIAL / MILITARY VARIANT.
THERE WERE APPROX 6500 COMMERCIAL 1911A1 PISTOLS ON HAND IN COLT’S STORAGE ROOM AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW2. IN LATE 1942 RUNNING INTO 1943 THESE PISTOLS WERE PULLED OFF THE WAREHOUSE SHELVES, SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY AND REBUILT AND RENUMBERED TO MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS. THIS PROCEDURE INVOLVED REMOVING THE SCHWARTZ SAFETY AND RENUMBERING THE SLIDE AND FRAME IN THE MILITARY SERIAL RANGE THEN PARKERZING THE PISTOL. YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES IN THE FRAME AND SLIDE WHERE THE SAFETY WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED. THIS IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS UNIQUE AND RARE VARIANT. THESE PISTOLS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR WITH COLT COLLECTORS THIS IS A REALLY SHARP EXAMPLE AND MUCH NICER THAN YOU USUALLY SEE.
FINDING THESE GUNS WITH ANY CONDITION IS VERY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE ONLY 6500 WERE MADE AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT INTO COMBAT AND SAW HARD USE. THIS IS A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND VERY RARE 1911A1 VARIANT.
