Are M1911A1s tough, or WHAT??

[John Holbrook]

I took this US&S out and ran a box of hard ball through it, and it worked just fine!!! :D

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[OD*]

My-o-my, what happened to it John?

[Hunter]

I am wondering the same thing.

[TriumphGT6]

Yoicks. Looks like that one was lying in the bilges for a few months.

I'm impressed.

No...
on second thought...
I'm IMPRESSED!

[Whiskey Tango]

Looks like its been threw a fire. Watch out it could have made the metal week.

[OD*]

You have a PM, Hunter.

[John Holbrook]

This .45 was found in a barn that was being torn down in Western Washington. It had fallen inside a wall. It was full of grease, so the internal parts were not corroded. Internally it is just like any WW II era .45... The fellow who found it had shot it, so I wasn't worried.

I will take it to Reno for the Aug. show, so stop by my tables and take a look.

It shoots just fine. The perfect pistol for "under the front seat"!!!!!! :)

[mayagrafix]

A good steel .45 just like a Zippo lighter, will last forever. Too bad u cant send it back to Colt to have it rebuild like the zippo though!

[Hawkmoon]

Be very careful, Mr. Holbrook. El Comandante wants the checkered slide stop. :lh:

[exitwounds]

Sure is a real tough cookie. Were you able to make out the serial number?

[John Holbrook]

Sure is a real tough cookie. Were you able to make out the serial number?

Nope, here is the area... :(

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[Hunter]

I will say this I am glad it works and hate to see one that bad but it does make me feel better about the little scratch repair on my Gold Cup Trophy slide.

[Phil]

I will say this I am glad it works and hate to see one that bad......Yeah, my first thought, too: "Oh, you poor old pistol." Amazing that it shoots.

[John]

Be very careful, Mr. Holbrook. El Comandante wants the checkered slide stop.

I want the whole thing! Not just the slide stop. But you know, I am sure John will remember me in his will, even if he does not openly admit it. He doesn't want to spoil me! :p

What a pity for this old workhorse to end up in this condition.

[MR. Gray]

STOP showing those pic's there scareing my guns :scared: Its a ZOMBIE 1911 :D

[191145]

Sure makes me feel better about the few dark spots on my Remington Rand! I bet that gun has some story. Maybe it was hidden by some perpetrator or other.

[exitwounds]

Re: Nope, here is the area...

Thanks Mr. Holbrook, I was just wondering when she was born. ;)

[Hawkmoon]

John, out of curiosity ... what are you going to do (or perhaps I should ask IF you are going to do anything) about the serial number issue? I've been told that it's legal to own a pistol that was manufactured without a serial number (such as a home-built), but this pistol almost assuredly began its life with a serial number. Do you approach the BATmen and obtain a replacement serial number, or do the laws/regulations have an exception for cases such as this?

[John Holbrook]

I don't think the ATF is interested in this .45. The maker is identifiable and the missing number was not removed to hide it. Even though it is a functional weapon, it is just a "Curio & Relic" in the purest sense of the word... :)

[John Holbrook]

Thanks Mr. Holbrook, I was just wondering when she was born. ;)

All US&S pistols were made in 1943, this one has "P" proofs on the slide and frame, so it is mid to late production. I have carefully examined the area around the SN, and I can just make out the first three numbers, 106XXXX. That also puts it in mid-production....

[Sgt. Quincannon]

WOW!!! It's hard to believe that it still works, but the proof of the pistol is in the shooting. Thanks for sharing.

[Dustoff '68]

Sure makes me feel better about the few dark spots on my Remington Rand! I bet that gun has some story. Maybe it was hidden by some perpetrator or other.
I was thinking the same thing...Bonnie and Clyde, perhaps? Dillinger? Who knows.

[mayagrafix]

I was thinking the same thing...Bonnie and Clyde, perhaps? Dillinger? Who knows.


B&C would have had a Goverment Model, but most likely they used S&W Model 10 (also known as .38 Colt New Police)

[OD*]

B&C would have had a Goverment Model, but most likely they used S&W Model 10 (also known as .38 Colt New Police)
The Smith & Wesson Model 10 was (is) the Military & Police model, the Colt New Police, was made by Colt.
2 different revolvers.

Bonnie and Clyde had (IIRC) 11 1911s in the death car.
http://texashideout.tripod.com/dcpistol.jpg

[Rio Vista Slim]

The Smith & Wesson Model 10 was (is) the Military & Police model, the Colt New Police, was made by Colt.
2 different revolvers.

Bonnie and Clyde had (IIRC) 11 1911s in the death car.
http://texashideout.tripod.com/dcpistol.jpg
AND.....If you ever visit Texas, be sure to spend a day at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, right off Interstate 35 in Waco, Texas. Some of the guns that Frank Hamer appropriated from the "death car" are there, as well as a gazillion other guns and artifacts. Thanks for the photo, OD*.

[Dustoff '68]

I see B&C had good taste in pistols. :D

[The Sheriff]

Nothing makes me feel warmer and fuzzier than an ugly military 1911 that's still beautiful on the inside.

[larry starling]

Wow! I would be scared to shoot that one. Oh my what a shame... :)

[carsten1911]

Nothing makes me feel warmer and fuzzier than an ugly military 1911 that's still beautiful on the inside.

I do fully share your feelings on that one...but might i even take it one step further?
Have this gun accurized, take it to a competition, have people laugh at you and then just print rows of 10´s. But take care to have a camera with you to watch and fotograph the long faces of the "High-gloss and bells and whistles"-guys.

Just my dirty, twisted mind on the loose... :D

Carsten

[John Holbrook]

I put a Colt USGI chrome lined barrel in it, and took this old war horse out and put a box of USGI hardball through it, and it purred like a kitten!!!!

It was reasonably accurate also...

I have said it before and I'll say it again

"When your butt is on the line, a 1911 will do just FINE"...

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[right hand]

i will hold my RR a little tighter tonight...

[MR. Gray]

I do fully share your feelings on that one...but might i even take it one step further?
Have this gun accurized, take it to a competition, have people laugh at you and then just print rows of 10´s. But take care to have a camera with you to watch and fotograph the long faces of the "High-gloss and bells and whistles"-guys.

Just my dirty, twisted mind on the loose... :D

Carsten

GO FOR IT :D :D I would shock the H___ out of them. :scared:

[The Sheriff]

John H, if anyone asks, call it "real stippling."