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Al Capone's 1911
jimdeere
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Wouldn't Locust Fork liked to have listed this one .
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Sweetheart is sure a nice looking gat.
What evidence is there that it belonged to Capone?
It was put up for sale by Capone's granddaughters in 2004.
Spit the money with the families good old Al killed
None Should go to his family
Where's Jeraldo?
looks like someone did a lot of updates to this 1911, seems a bit too modern . if so not as valuable as they seem to believe… maybe a decent amount just for supposedly being owned by Capone, but when and who did all the customs touches to it?
Staring at an empty vault.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Any relation to Geraldo? Don
Doubt he would admit it.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
IF that thing brings in 2 million, well, and no real proof other than he-she said, I can't imagine that happening but as that circus guy would say——-
I looked at it carefully in the auction listing. They claim the gun, serial number C 837, was made in 1912, yet the slide has the 1913 patent date. Nothing was mentioned about this obvious discrepancy.
All the target upgrades (sights, barrel bushing, trigger shoe) were made by Capone's son, Sonny. The gun has been reblued, as they admit, but it sure looks like the serial number was re-stamped after they buffed off the old number. It is more like C 83 7, with a wider gap between the 3 and the 7 than between the 8 and the 3. Not as pronounced as I printed it, but still uneven. Class outfits such as Colt and S&W always had their stampings correct. For the money they are talking, I would want the best Colt 1911 expert in the country to authenticate it.
It brought $860 grand the last time it sold (2021). The auction fees put it over a million dollars, so it must have 12% or thereabouts. Yes, I think Locust Fork would be happy to handle this 'sweetheart'!
Reminds me of the stories of the James family selling stones from Jesse's grave 100+ years ago. Oddly, they never ran out of stones.
Imagine the amount Capone's Glock would bring!
Which version? Don
A Gen 5, of course.
I read many stories of his mom scrounging shops for old guns and of course every one who visited would ask you dont happen to have his gun ?
She would' exit then come back into the living room with a recent find and say wel I do have this one it.
AKA "fish on the line "
then hook line and sinker
And "mom' would part with her sons gun
Then back to Waiting On the next reporter/ visitor
Gen 1 of course. Remember it was along time ago.
I was chatting in the local diner, years back, with a, really nice, old guy. Small town in Ct. Not sure but I think it was where Al used to come around and a gun or two was mentioned that his family still had.