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Help me figure out the value/history of this 1911

chorkiechorkie Member Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
Slide is marked M1911 US ARMY on the right side.left side is PATENTED APR.20,1897 SEPT.9,1902 DEC. 19,1905 FEB.14,1911 AUG.19,1913
Then the Colt Rampant Horse then COLT'S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD,CT. U.S.A.. There is a P on top of the slide between the rear sight and the ejection port. Left side of the frame is marked UNITED STATES PROPERTY,there is a flaming bomb above the mag button, the right side of the frame has the sn (NO 118034) The gun has been parkerized (95+%) so I assume it has gone through both wars.Grips are wood. I'm not real good with US military guns so any info including a guess at the current value would be very much appreciated.

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  • Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am NOT a 1911 collector or expert but I found out a few interesting things.

    Your receiver was made at Springfield Armory in 1916 as shown by the serial number range and the Ordnance Bomb inspection mark.
    The slide is a Colt of later make but I am not expert enough to say just when.
    It was rebuilt at Augusta Arsenal as shown by the faint A A mark in front of the slide stop. They paid no attention to keeping matching parts together, which is why you have a Springfield 1911 receiver, Colt slide, and 1911A1 hammer and slide stop. Probably other replacement parts on there as well, if you studied every little bit.

    I don't know the dollar value, certainly a good many hundreds of dollars since it is USGI even though reworked, but with no apparent Bubba work after it got on the surplus market.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,890 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm with Hawk, with the exception that I believe the hand-stamped "M1911 US ARMY" is the work of Bubba, & the gun has been commercially refinished. I would expect it to sell in the $500-750 range, depending upon the type of barrel & condition.

    The mag is a Viet Nam era USGI contract mag.

    Neal
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    This side of a total teardown, there's not much you can do to determine if the action has been worked on since it left Augusta. Minimal collector value, but should be an excellent shooter if unaltered since arsenal re-work. Check finished auctions to see what [Augusta's] are running nowadays. Best, Joe
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