Found my next .45 - Another M1911A1

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Found my next .45 - Another M1911A1

Posted: 7/9/2001 1:00:34 PM EDT

[url]http://www.colt.com/colt/html/a1a_m1911a1.html[/url]

Colt is producing a limited run of true M1911A1s. One of them WILL be mine.

Yeah, I know Kimber, SA, and all them others make great whizbang M1911 type handguns/raceguns/spaceguns, but I want a good basic, true to original form M1911A1. And a Colt, no less. Makes my day. [:)]

Posted: 7/9/2001 1:05:39 PM EDT

[#1]

Hmmm...only 4,000 to be made and retailing for $1000+ each?
No thanks.
I can buy a pre-series 70 Commercial model for less than that and have a better gun.

Posted: 7/9/2001 1:14:07 PM EDT

[#2]

You can find originals for that price.

sgb

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:10:41 PM EDT

[#3]

You got that right, You can find damn nice originals for that price and Colt didn't exactly corner the market on M1911A1's in WWII either.

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:17:20 PM EDT

[#4]

What abou the mil-spec Springfield Armory? Sells for around $450.if I'm not mistaken.

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:47:36 PM EDT

[#5]

[img]http://www.seanet.com/~dkamm/newcolt.jpg[/img]
Here is a picture I swiped from 1911.com.

I was interested in the idea for a long time until I found out the intended price
sometime back in March.

Posted: 7/9/2001 2:52:46 PM EDT

[#6]

Oh,
and of course we collectors of anything
old (I collect knives)
all know that it doesn't
take long for someone to pass off
a repro as the real deal.
[url]http://www.1911forum.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002972.html[/url]
[puke]

Posted: 7/9/2001 3:09:53 PM EDT

[#7]

For not a whole lot more, you can have the real thing!!!!

The UPS man delivered this today.

"US Switch & Signal" M1911A1. Of the 2 million M1911A1's made from 1941 to 1945, only (and exactly) 50,000 were "US S&S" and all were made in 1943.

This gun is in excellant condition with only a few small handling marks. All markings are correct and it is authentic from end-to-end.

I'm very proud to own this small piece of history.

[img]albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=258760&a=13379510&p=51571949[/img]

Posted: 7/9/2001 3:53:01 PM EDT

[#8]

I can always match many you guys on the full auto front but there aren´t too many original M1911s or M1911A1s around here in Finland, so IM DAMN JEALOUS to you drfcolt about that pistol there.

Posted: 7/9/2001 8:49:16 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
For not a whole lot more, you can have the real thing!!!!

The UPS man delivered this today.

"US Switch & Signal" M1911A1. Of the 2 million M1911A1's made from 1941 to 1945, only (and exactly) 50,000 were "US S&S" and all were made in 1943.

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Beat you to a US&S by about 7 years. Also already have Springfield Armory Defender that I picked up about 10 years. Something about having a brand new Colt M1911A1 that I won't be as concerned about using and abusing as an original just appeals to me.

Posted: 7/9/2001 8:57:00 PM EDT

[#10]

drfcolt

You gotta love that UPS guy![;)]

Posted: 7/10/2001 9:07:07 AM EDT

[#11]

Originally Posted By Boomer
Beat you to a US&S by about 7 years. Also already have Springfield Armory Defender that I picked up about 10 years. Something about having a brand new Colt M1911A1 that I won't be as concerned about using and abusing as an original just appeals to me.

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I might feel the same if I owned a US&S. Rare guns should be preserved for future generations. However, I have a 100% correct 1943 Remington Rand M1911A1 That I shoot all the time. I just can't resist it. It is my favorite above all other guns that I own. Nearly sixty years old and still completely reliable. I wonder if we'll be saying that about the plastic/aluminum whiz bang techno pistols. Maybe, time will tell.

Posted: 7/10/2001 9:13:39 AM EDT

[#12]

Auto Ordnance has been making a WWII 1911A1 for several years now that has gotten some pretty good reviews and is about a third of the price as the Colt. Guns & Ammo listed it as one of their "Best Buys" a few years back; it's parkerized, has brown plastic stocks, is roll marked like the originals, and has good reliability.[url]http://www.auto-ordnance.com/ao_1911pkz_f.html[/url]

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