My colt 1911 & holster

[gbontez]

Hi,my name is gregory & live in Belgium.
i recently recieved a gift from my grandad,a colt 1911 serialnumber 348440 with is original 1918 hoyt holster.my question for you guys,what is this worth?pic's on demand life_underground@hotmail.com
regards greg

[Scott Gahimer]

...pic's on demand ... (life_underground@hotmail.com)regards greg

Welcome to the forum. Please post your photos here in the thread. You'll get a lot better results. It is impossible to estimate value with no indication of originality and condition. Good photos are the place to start. Thanks.

[Scott Gahimer]

There is a FAQ (frequently asked questions) page here in the site. Look up in the left-hand corner of your screen and you see the FAQ. Here is a link to the page: http://forum.m1911.org/faq.php?

Once you get there, just scroll down to the "How do I include photos in my posts?" link and click on it. It wll bring up a page with detailed instructions. In short, you have to use a photo hosting site. I personally prefer to use www.tinypic.com (http://www.tinypic.com).

[gbontez]

http://i44.tinypic.com/1y23gw.jpg

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http://i41.tinypic.com/23kzqcz.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/11jacll.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/1441fg5.jpg

like that :)
greg

[Ed71]

Hi Greg, welcome to the forum. Now that you figured out how to post pics, you might want to play around with the lighting, possibly try going outside ,the natural lighting is alot better than indoor lighting, also try to get some detailed close ups of stampings, like on the frame, underneath the slide etc. that way the experts here can give you more insight to what you have. It's definately a M1911 frame, trigger and main spring housing look period correct, that's about all this newbe can tell from your pics. If you need help with disassembly/reassembly of your pistol go to http://www.m1911.org/reassemblyanimation.htm it has a very detailed video to help you out, that way you can get to those stamps and also inspect/ clean your gun. Good luck with your new faimly heirloom.

[gbontez]

ok thanks!

[Grumpa72]

Hi Gregory. Nice present!

You might want to try a more neutral background without so much white in it. Also, a self-focus on your camera. Most digital cameras allow you to focus on the subject by holding the button down half way and then snapping the shot. The camera auto-focus feature is fixing on the pattern in your table cloth.

[bgiven]

I'm sure the new detailed pictures will help out considerably, but we can tell that the grips are not correct for the s/n, and it seems that there is a problem with the magazine base. The markings on the barrel hood we be important to know as well. Very nice present.

[MoneyTree]

Welcome to the forums Greg ! Congratulations on your family heirloom , it's a very nice gift .

[gbontez]

hi guys,sorry forgot to say that,in the holster that grandpa gave me,there was als a secord pair of grips (wooden) see on this pic,when i dismount the dark ones i saw that there where marked (1 KSTAR 15 the other grip KSTAR 16) what means this?and the wooden diamond grips,are they original to this gun(model of 1911.)
greetz greg
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[Scott Gahimer]

The plastic grips are WWII manufactured Keyes Fibre grips, which were used on Remington Rand, Ithaca and Union Switch & Signal pistols. The 15 and 16 are mold numbers and were used to identify which mold the grips were cast from.

The wooden grips appear to be reproduction grips, and not original to the pistol.

Congratulations on the gift of the pistol.

[Grumpa72]

I don't know prices on Colt's but can you put a price on something that your grandad gave you?