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Originally Posted by jsfricks
According to Clawsons Third Edition 2nd printing (2004), that hammer should be correct. It’s the Colt Wide Spur Short Hammer that begin in 1939 at serial 713646. Very nice original 1911A1.
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As war production progressed into 1944 & 1945 many of the smaller parts were changed in the Colts, Ithacas, and Remington Rands to reduce costs and speed up production. Included are hammers, backstraps, slide stops, and safeties. Most involved replacing checking the parts to serrations. Colt back straps eventually were serrated like the other two. Closely looking at the small parts help to determine the correctness \ originality of the pistol for the year of manufacture.
Great post and nice pistol