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Colt Ace 1937 model

firing pinfiring pin Member Posts: 144 ✭✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
Just hoping some one could help. Mine has the 147 th infantry
in block numbers and letters on the main frame below the Ace on the slide.Wondering what it might be worth.It's a 85% gun.Thanks in advance.
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  • firing pinfiring pin Member Posts: 144 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just hoping some one could help. Mine has the 147 th infantry
    in block numbers and letters on the main frame below the Ace on the slide.Wondering what it might be worth.It's a 85% gun.Thanks in advance.
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Saxonpig,why such a low offer ? Do you feel the description (markings) is wrong ?

    ATF
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is this an Ace or Service Ace?

    Is the pistol blue or parkerized?

    How is the magazine marked?

    Do the markings appear to be factory-original? I would guess that the markings were added by the unit, and would reduce the value.
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  • rballirballi Member Posts: 770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll up Saxon Pig's offer to $50.

    Seriously, a pic of the gun or numbers would help.
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  • firing pinfiring pin Member Posts: 144 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a ace not service. number 8595. Looks like factory stamping because all the Blue around it is the same.Who knows .
    Saxton give yourself a paxil. But thanks for the offer.
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Service Ace pistols were routinely sold to the military for practice, and I suppose it is not impossible that some Ace pistols were as well, although I have never heard of one with military markings. Unit markings from the factory would still seem unlikely to me. How would a unit get its own marked pistols? Being marked "United States Property" or the like would seem normal for pistols sent to the military, but not an individual unit marking. Maybe the pistol is a reblue?

    I suggest a factory letter to verify the markings. If they are factory, the value will be enhanced. If not, the Ace is still worth enough to warrant the $100 letter.
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There were Ace pistols sold to the Army and the Coast Guard, but all were marked UNITED STATES PROPERTY on the right side of the frame. If your pistol lacks this marking, it almost certainly is an aftermarket inscription.

    If so, it would reduce the value of the pistol somewhat but if you could come up with the story behind that particular inscription (and document some private-channel military connection) perhaps that devaluation would be minimal. Of course, if the pistol has been reblued (especially if it is now the wrong color), then the results could be disastrous.

    Original commercial Ace pistols in excellent condition are easily $2000 plus.

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