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Kongsberg Colt 1914 (NAZI Colt 1911)
NorTru
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In short:
I have a Colt made in Norway by Kongsberg Vapebfabrikk(Kongsberg armory) called the Colt 1914. This one is produced in 1945 during the German ocupation. That year it was produced arround 2700 guns, but only 920 was Waffenamt marked. It was produced a total of 32854 colt's at Konsberg, and 8223 of them was during WW2. The ones produced in 1945 are the only ones that was proofed whit the Waffenamt acceptance mark (WaA84).
Mine is no 30120 on all parts, except the grip safety.
It have been controlled by a gunsmith and he did not find any fault.
My question is: what would you say the value of this gun is
Sorry for the bad mobil pictures, but you get the idea
The number. Up in the right corner you can see the K with a crown over. It's the Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk war proof mark. On the trigger guard you can see the proof mark of the Controll offiser
Verry bad picture, but at the right you can se te WaA84
I have a Colt made in Norway by Kongsberg Vapebfabrikk(Kongsberg armory) called the Colt 1914. This one is produced in 1945 during the German ocupation. That year it was produced arround 2700 guns, but only 920 was Waffenamt marked. It was produced a total of 32854 colt's at Konsberg, and 8223 of them was during WW2. The ones produced in 1945 are the only ones that was proofed whit the Waffenamt acceptance mark (WaA84).
Mine is no 30120 on all parts, except the grip safety.
It have been controlled by a gunsmith and he did not find any fault.
My question is: what would you say the value of this gun is
Sorry for the bad mobil pictures, but you get the idea
The number. Up in the right corner you can see the K with a crown over. It's the Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk war proof mark. On the trigger guard you can see the proof mark of the Controll offiser
Verry bad picture, but at the right you can se te WaA84
Comments
These guns are rarely seen in the US. I would expect it to sell in the $3,000-5,000 range here. I do not know what it would sell for in Norway, & it cannot be imported into the US.
Neal
EDIT: Well, legally, it could be imported, but it would be so expensive that no importer in the US would do it. He would have to pay the Norwegian exporter, shipping, fees, import duty, storage in a bonded warehouse, & it would have to be stamped with the importer's name, city, & state. For a large shipment of guns, the importer spreads out the cost over hundreds or thousands of guns, but importing a single gun requires too much time, paperwork, & expense. (Stamping the importer information would also deface the gun, lowering the value.) This gun is rare because few Kongsberg pistols were stamped with the waffenampt.
You did an excellent job of describing your gun. From the photos, it appears to be as described, & in at least 95% condition.
These guns are rarely seen in the US. I would expect it to sell in the $3,000-5,000 range here. I do not know what it would sell for in Norway, & it cannot be imported into the US.
Neal
Thank you!
I don't know if it's in 95 % condition(I have absolutly no experience in evaluate old firearms) , but it's absolutly no corrosion or rust, only wearing on the surface.
I have seen these guns wihtout the Wa marking go for aprox 1000-1500$ in Norway, but wiht the Wa marking I don't know
Why cant it be imported to the US?
I have one that is serial 311xx that I bought from a gundealer back about 1968. He had five of them at the time for $59.95 each. I only bought one and I wish I had bought them all. Mine is a good shooter.
Serial nr 311xx was produced in 1945, but after the war was ended.
I have also shot mine with modern ammo, and it performs verry god.
But i belive the soldier back in those days vere much better shooter than the soldier to day, the front sight on the gun is verry little and the rear sight is extremly narrow[:D]
EDIT By the way The tooling to make these pistols is as far as I know Still in Norway In fact during the 1980's Bill Edwards and Danny Brown contracted with Norway to have 1,000. Additional pistols made with an extension to the original serial numbers, Both of these men lived within 25 miles of me Bill Edwards also imported over 200 WWI navy Lugers from Ireland that were turned over by the German Navy at the end of WWI to Ireland. This was also in the 1980's Bill could get things done That no-one else seems to have been able to do sadly he pasted away last year.