The frame military so no commercial C prefix serial number. Replacement Brazilian slide removes it from a military collectable. You could shoot that one without concern.
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The frame military so no commercial C prefix serial number. Replacement Brazilian slide removes it from a military collectable. You could shoot that one without concern.
Value as a shooter? I am looking for a collectible military...
Difficult to say as values vary by region. Brazilian slide reduces the value. Import mark reduces it further yet.
Pistol shipped between 22 Jun and 02 Jul, 1943 to Transportation Officer, Springfield Armory and had a matching serial numbered slide. A possibility that Brazil acquired the pistol at some point, replaced the slide and disposed of it later as surplus. That might explain the import mark.
Doran,
Thank you so much for your time & effort. So your assessment is as follows: A Colt M1911A1 produced June-July '43 for the US...Brazil at some point, most probably post-war, acquired the
pistol & either replaced the slide or placed their markings on the original US slide...the pistol was then imported back into the US...& finally at some point someone buffed the slide (somewhat poorly as they did not remove all of the markings) to "sanitize" it. Collector value $0 (a real bummer!) but "shooter" value is variable.
The existing slide from a commercial pistol purchased from Colt by Brazil. You might check under the firing pin stop for a serial number.
That "bill board" style roll mark on the LHS an easy way to identify these slides. Colt put all their information on one side leaving the other side blank for whatever roll mark the purchasing country desired.
You could procure a matching '43 slide to bring into spec.
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That is not the worst idea! I still think I may sell as a shooter & procure are more desirable collector.So if anyone is interested in a very solid shooter well let me know!
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That is also true! Which I have been considering as well...it was my first ever handgun & does have some great memories so me thinks I will have a shooter & eventually find a collector.
Thanks fellas you all have been an enormous help.
Semper Fi,
Thomas G.
LtCol USMC (Ret)
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eBay or Gunbroker typically have many vintage slides listed with added target or high visibility sights. You could also have the sights upgraded on your Brazilian slide if you wish to keep it close to how you first acquired it.
Thank you for your service to our country.
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