Posted: 3/1/2017 1:04:02 PM EDT
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I am trying to help my dad with identifying this Colt.
Other than the patents and Model of 1911 US Army on the slide and United States Property on the left frame it also has an E.E.C. with a faint cartouche on the frame below the slide lock, an E on the left side trigger guard, and a 3 on the right side trigger guard. Any help is appreciated. I figured it may take someone a few minutes to tell me what I'd spend hours on Google finding. 
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| EEC marked frame with the NO in serial number as opposed to No in the serial means this is a Remington- UMC frame with Colt slide. Based on the finish it was eaither rebuild for ww2 or possibly after it left service. R.E.M.-umc made about 24000 1911's in ww1. Not to be confuse with Remington rand the typewriter company which made the largest percentage of ww2 1911a1's |
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Looks like a Parkerized and unmarked rebuild and perhaps the slide was sanded after it left U.S. custody. The grips are modern aftermarket. Several kinds of grips could be correct on it but the most common ones found on rebuilds are the WWII brown plastic, about $15 from Simpson's. Assuming all other parts are USGI, value on it is minimal. With the grips I mentioned and having the slide re-Parkerized you probably could get $900 for it.
Here's what I would do; I'd make it a shooter. You can find a fully-hardened G.I. replacement slide for about $250. Besides that all you would need is a 16 lb recoil spring and extra-strength firing pin spring set from Wolff's and you can shoot it all you want. The old slides are not hardened and tend to crack. You could sell the old slide as-is to offset the cost of the new one or keep it for sentimental reasons. |