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mustangk
19th July 2009, 20:16
My local GS has an 1917 era US Army Colt 1911 for $700 sounds like a good price right? There is more to it than that the gun is in pretty good shape it has been refinished, has plastic grips, the magazine does not appear to be original, now the big thing the barrel does not have any stamping on it and the exposed area that you see through the ejection port is has been polished and almost looks chrome also when we look it apart we could not get the barrel out, the part were the barrel bushing is to wide and will not come out. I just don't know if it's worth it. Is this normal and is there any other stamping on the gun I should be looking for?
Hawkmoon
19th July 2009, 21:18
What are you looking for? You know it has been refinished, and you know the grips aren't original. IF the barrel is original it has been polished, so it isn't in original condition. So the pistol has little collector value. It's a refinished example of an M1911 from 1917. If it's worth $700 to you, then it's worth it. If it isn't worth $700 to you, then it isn't worth it. Whether or not you find a few authentic stampings on it can't ever make it original again.
bgiven
19th July 2009, 23:03
It is if you want a $700.- shooter, since that's all there is left.
Scott Gahimer
19th July 2009, 23:45
For $700 I'd rather go buy a brand new SA and several boxes of ammo.

A once-collectible pistol reduced to a shooter is just that. Nothing more. $700 is expensive shooting, consideing what has been described.
mustangk
20th July 2009, 00:20
For $700 I'd rather go buy a brand new SA and several boxes of ammo.

A once-collectible pistol reduced to a shooter is just that. Nothing more. $700 is expensive shooting, consideing what has been described.


That's pretty much how I feel, just wanted to get some input from you guys.
John
20th July 2009, 02:52
It is if you want a $700.- shooter, since that's all there is left.

Not even that, because you do not know how many rounds this pistol has fired. So you will never know if shooting it will cause a catastrophic failure in one week or in 10 years.

Shooting a old 1911 is never a good proposition.