IN 95% VERY SHARP ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH ALL CORRECT PARTS INCLUDING THE CORRECT FACTORY ORIGINAL SPRINGFIELD ARMORY MADE BARREL, THE CORRECT MAGAZINE, AND ALL THE PROPER S MARKED SMALL PARTS, WE HAVE AN VERY FINE 100% ORIGINAL TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF A LATER PRODUCTION SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 1911 US ARMY SERVICE PISTOL. THIS PISTOL WAS MADE ON OCTOBER 9, 1915. IT HAS THE LONG HAMMER AND IS A MUSEUM GRADE EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY PRODUCTION PISTOL.
WHILE VERY WELL MADE THEY ARE NOT PRETTY GUNS LIKE THE COLTS, THEY HAVE A MUCH DULLER BLUE-GRAY AND A LESS POLISHED FINISH WHICH GIVES THEM A DISTINCTIVE FLAT LOOK. THE BORE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. THESE SPRINGFIELD MADE GUNS ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC TO COLLECT BECAUSE MOST WERE USED HARD AND HAVE NO CONDITION AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ALMOST NEVER HAVE ALL THE FACTORY ORIGINAL PARTS LIKE THIS EXAMPLE DOES. THIS IS MUCH NICER THAN WE USUALLY SEE THEM AND EVERY PART ON IT IS FACTORY ORIGINAL. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE SUCH A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE AND HARD TO FIND 1911 PISTOL.
