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1911a1 colt

magicyardsalesmagicyardsales Member Posts: 8 ✭
in General Discussion

made in 1918 government property Nickel with gold plated trigger, hammer, and safety needs cleaning , and gold redone on trigger. whats it worth. ballpark...

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    scooterdriverscooterdriver Member Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭✭

    Add some pics to your post.

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    MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member, Moderator Posts: 9,977 ******

    maybe $450 as a shooter............no collector value

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    waltermoewaltermoe Member Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭✭

    Mike Wiskey is right. It is not as original from the manufacture, there for that takes away from it’s value.

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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2022

    Lost me at Nickel ...

    1911 A1 was not adopted untill 1924 !

    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 24,639 ✭✭✭✭

    I admit I know little to nothing about such guns but what I have learned . they were done after leaving colt

    over the years several fellow workers would come in all excited about a special "officers" model that was nickel or chrome plated and think they had a rare find and got a great deal on a rare gun and I would have to break the news it may have been a officers gun true but was done after it left colt and kills the true collector value . just a shooter now

    I would not turn one away at great price and use a shooter truck gun or conversation piece .. I even tried to buy one after telling the owner I was sorry to break the news to him but the fellow owned up he paid a great deal for it he bought the story hook line and sinker and got scammed ( another reason he would not sell it to me I guess thought I was just trying to cheat him out of it )

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    chmechme Member Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭✭

    If it is an A1 it was not made in 1918.

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