And now, time for a REAL treat!!!

[John Holbrook]

An M1911A1 Colt Military/Commercial Conversion...

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[stuart gildersleeve]

Very nice example John, i wish the 1911 gods smiled on me as much as they do you Sir.regards

Stu

[Rich-D]

John, That certainly is a "Real treat"! Thanks for sharing it.


Best of Luck!
Rich

[John Holbrook]

Very nice example John, i wish the 1911 gods smiled on me as much as they do you Sir.regards

Stu


Stu, I like to quote Thomas A. Edison, when told that he was "lucky".

He stated " The harder I worked, the luckier I got"...

AMEN :appld:

[Baldy]

Thanks for the treat Mr Holbrook, it's a beauty.

[Little Sarge]

Once again John a very nice Pistol,thanks for sharing.
_____________ John

[Joni Lynn]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

[Auto Mag]

Mr. Holbrook, as usual beautiful 1911!!! :appld: :appld:

[JakerouB]

Is it just me, or doesn't it look like there was another set of numbers on the slide? Maybe the first attempt at stamping the numbers didn't work, so they went back and re-did it?

In any case, it is a nice looking pistol.

[mayagrafix]

In the early days of WW2, Colts took their stock of Government Models and sanded out the model name and commercial serial number off replacing it with the USGI name and serial number. This is whats so hot about this specimen!

Congrats, Mr. Holbrook you caught a real live one!

[bgiven]

... and sanded out the ......

I believe they were peened out with a hammer and punch, hence the rough surface that the USGI serial number and USP markings were applied to.