Posted: 2/13/2011 5:25:27 PM EDT
| I may be making a trade and i was wondering a ball park value on the possible trade. It is a complete RIA 1911 frame with a Colt "upper". I am waiting on a reply to see if the slide assembly is all Colt. I dont know too much about 1911's and know nothing about what this one would be worth. |
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Difficult to say without anything more substantial.
The right colt slide alone could top the price of a NIB RIA, but the likelihood of that is... well hell, I don't see why anybody in the world would mate a colt top to a RIA bottom in the first place unless perhaps someone had a slide left on the bench, or something really bad happened to the Colt as a whole. If the former, the cost could be as high as a few bucks off a NIB/LNIB RIA. If the latter, It could be a $200 headache. When you value Colt that started at $850 (in 2011 dollars) values +/- 300-400 aren't uncommon. There isn't a hell of a lot of wiggle room on a $400+ new gun. |
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a military frame if from a 1911 will have united states property on the frame either on the left side of the dust cover(up to 1918) or above the serial number on the right side(post 1918 or a 1911A1) if the frame has a commercial marking like an address for colt or again made in the phillipines marked on it then it is not an original GI frame.
When GI 1911's and A1's went thru rebuild they would be stamped with the initals of the arsenal doing the rebuild so a GI issue pistol could be stamped RIA on the frame if indeed rock island arseal did the rebuild. if you do research at 1911.org you will understand pretty quick waht it is you might be looking at. as the saying goes pictures worth a thousand words. bottom line if it is a modern frame from the current ria commercial enterprise with an older colt slide it is not worth more than 400 bucks,if it as all usgi 1911 or A1 with all gi parts rebuilt at rock island arsenal then it is a 800-1000 gun. |
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a military frame if from a 1911 will have united states property on the frame either on the left side of the dust cover(up to 1918) or above the serial number on the right side(post 1918 or a 1911A1) if the frame has a commercial marking like an address for colt or again made in the phillipines marked on it then it is not an original GI frame. When GI 1911's and A1's went thru rebuild they would be stamped with the initals of the arsenal doing the rebuild so a GI issue pistol could be stamped RIA on the frame if indeed rock island arseal did the rebuild. if you do research at 1911.org you will understand pretty quick waht it is you might be looking at. as the saying goes pictures worth a thousand words. bottom line if it is a modern frame from the current ria commercial enterprise with an older colt slide it is not worth more than 400 bucks,if it as all usgi 1911 or A1 with all gi parts rebuilt at rock island arsenal then it is a 800-1000 gun. Excellent response. The $800 to a grand may even be low, depending on when it was refurbished by the arsenal. I'm having a problem figuring why anyone would put a Colt slide/barrel on a cheap, PI made frame. So, hopefully, it's the former. |