Posted: 10/19/2005 8:16:47 AM EDT
| At a gun shop the other day I saw a Colt 45 auto marked "Interservice Pistol Champion Grand Aggregate Winner National Match Colt Automatic 45" plus the rampant pony. It had adjustable sights. Can anyone tell me anything about this gun? The asking price was $500, which is probably a steal. Thanks for any input. |
| I have never heard of a Interservice Natl Match by Colt. At least one stamped as such. A gun store is not in the business not to check out what a gun is worth. Was there any Govt markings or property stamps? Sounds a bit wierd to me. Maybe it was something cop related and not military. |
| Back before the stupid laws we now have in effect were on the books, it used to be very common for firearms to be presented as prizes at matches. My guess is this is such a pistol...although I would think there would be a date and maybe a place inscribed as well. (sometimes even a name) In excellent condition it is almost certainly worth more than the asking price, but as a Bullseye gun it will need some mods before you would want to use it for defense purposes I imagine. |
Usually a commem. gun is worth LESS then a pristine unfired gun from the same year. Worth even less if it has been fired. Only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and I doubt that that particular inscription is worth much, even locally, unless it was won by someone with ties in the area. |
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yankee2, Chances are this pistol was handed down to one of his kids, which the first thing he did was pawn the pistol to go buy some crack. If your not going to buy the pistol, then spill the beans on where it is located. At $500 for a series 70 colt with adjustable sights in descent shape, it's pretty much a steal at $500, and my guess could be had for $450 or better if you play your cards right. |
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Snag it ! $500 is atleast 1/4 of what it is really worth. This is a " Trophy " presentation gun given to the winner of the interservice match at Camp Perry or Benning ? and is VERY collectable. You should be able to easily find out who won it in 1968 . It is probably also fully NM prepped by a known bullseye pistol builder of the day and not actually by Colt. Probably belonged to Maj. Frank Green USAF if he is still alive.... |
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Awards of guns are given to the overall winners at the annual Interservice Championships, they have had 46 of these so far. I googled the shit out of shooting and could not find anything on 1968. It was a year where anti-gun fever was high and the DoD suspended all support for the nationals and other shooting events, the USAF program was shitcanned in July 1969 and things reduced service wide. That being said, it is a cool piece of shooting history. It is either a polished and engraved rack grade/commerical gun or it is a full match grade 1911 service pistol built by the US Army Marksmanship unit gunsmiths. That means is could be the finest of guns built with all the refinements possible for that year. If a crap box Norinco 1911 is worth 450 bucks, this is worth more. If it is in clean original shape, email me and I'll give you your 500, plus shipping and 75 bucks for your trouble. We could raffle the thing at next years Inter-Service or National matches. The USA and USMC still have solid teams, the All-Guard, Navy, Navy Reserve are managing but sadly, the USAF has a underfunded team with almost zero institutional support from a basically anti-gun command staff. AF Reserve is eliminated, Army reserve is eliminated for the most part and the USCG has a tiny team. You would be amazed how many loser officers with anti-gun bias reside in the military. |
