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1911a1 colt
magicyardsales
Member Posts: 8 ✭
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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maybe $450 as a shooter............no collector value
Mike Wiskey is right. It is not as original from the manufacture, there for that takes away from it’s value.
Lost me at Nickel ...
1911 A1 was not adopted untill 1924 !
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 )
If it is an A1 it was not made in 1918.