unserviceable 1918

[zinfull]

What kind of shape would a gun be in if the military class it as unserviceable?

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/zinfull/coltjuly_5.jpg

[Hawkmoon]

That all depends on why it was declared unserviceable. Since this doesn't appear to be an armorer's report that spells out what the defect(s) is/are, at this point only a good gunsmith could tell you. Could be a frame problem, could be a slide problem, could be a barrel problem. 1911Tuner would know better than I but my guess is, since the military bought gazillions of spare slides and barrels for the M1911 and M1911A1, if they classify the pistol as unserviceable, it's probably a frame issue. Otherwise somebody would have slapped a new (or different) slide on it and made it "serviceable" again.

[Scott Gahimer]

There wasn't anything wrong with the pistols. They were simply declared unserviceable to write them off the books when sold through the DCM. Most had been rebuilt. Some were still all original.

[Hawkmoon]

There wasn't anything wrong with the pistols. They were simply declared unserviceable to write them off the books when sold through the DCM. Most had been rebuilt. Some were still all original.
Aha! :lightbulb:

[WILDCATT]

does not mean a thing. I bought a 1903a3 from DMC as unservicable the top hand guard had a ding in it rest of gun was new not even wear on bolt.

[Jim Watson]

Yup. A co-worker got an 03A3 in the early 1960s. It was new in the wrap. Just a bookkeeping convention as Scott says. Back then you could shoot a NM 1911 or M1 at Camp Perry and buy it to take home.