she's a beaut... can't wait for the drawing of blood from the sharp spur hammer. 

Man, if that thing could talk!

If you grip the gun a little low and slide your hand under the grip safety instead of mashing into the top of it you won't get bit. When I shoot a traditional 1911, ( I will give you that I have small not meaty hands) I slide my hand up under the grip safety and never get bit. I will say that is a beauty! Keep in mind WW 1 era 1911's did not have heat treated parts and slides have been said to crack ( I have owned or shot probably a dozen WW one era guns and never an issue) but it is prudent to limit shooting to light loads ( bullseye level reloads a bit milder than factory ball) and start with a fresh recoil spring as well.

It looks spray painted.........

Rebuilt at Augusta Arsenal at some time.

it's most definitely not painted. That's the original blue on the slide and frame. The frame is from 1919 and has the black colored blueing prevalent at the time. The slide is from 1914 and has the nicer prewar blue. Yes, it was rebuilt at Augusta and is a mixmaster, like so many others.

yup, it has all new springs, and I'll be shooting very light lead loads, just like I do with my 1957 national match with the lightened slide. I'll probably settle on some nice 200gr lead round nose, but it feeds 200gr lswc from the mag (WW2 L marked floor plate) just fine. My 200gr loads are with 4gr of clays, so they're very light recoiling and clays is very clean burning.  It won't get shot much, but I do have chunky hands and those old hammers tend to chew up the web of my thumb. I don't care, it's part of the charm. My Argentine sistema 1927s have the same hammer. The barrel to slide lockup is as good as my gold cups, and the bushing fit is excellent, so I expect very good accuracy from it, especially considering that the WW1 barrel has no frosting at all.

awesome


My Grandfather carried this in WWI 1918

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That's holy grail gun for me. Grandfather was a ChauChat gunner and carried a 1911.

very cool! I love mine, but it doesn't have that kind of provenance.

Very nice!  I have a 1917 but it was refinished at some point in its life.

thanks, fired her today and she ran flawlessly with 230gr ball and my 200gr lswc loads with 4.0gr of hodgdon clays. Accuracy was excellent too, even with the tiny sights.

Having the mixed parts and a rebuild stamp, it is nearly certain that it was Parkerized during the rebuild. Many thousands of these were overhauled in the early days of WWII.

Love these classics!

Awesome guns guys.  Especially awesome when they stay in the family like that!