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01-14-2022, 08:12 AM
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Colt 1911 from 1917
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01-14-2022, 08:19 AM
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Just before Christmas, LGS brought in this nice 1917 made Colt 1911. Rare bird here in Switzerland, so much so that he’s keeping it for himself and won’t sell it to me
I will keep pestering him a bit but I have little hope
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Good luck, it's a beauty
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01-14-2022, 08:42 AM
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Very nice! It looks all correct to me. I understand your disappointment in not being able to buy it, but at least you got to see it.
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01-14-2022, 08:43 AM
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Sweet. I have a 1917 Commercial that is nowhere near as nice as that one
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01-14-2022, 09:29 AM
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I would be hard pressed to part with it myself. Good looking 1911
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01-14-2022, 09:48 AM
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WOW!! Just WOW!!!
Keep trying. I had a similar situation with a local dealer quite awhile back. It took me three years until one day he sold me the gun, a 7 1/2” Flat Top Ruger Blackhawk 44 Mag.
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01-14-2022, 10:42 AM
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I can understand why he wouldn't want to part with it, thanks for sharing the photos of this beautiful pistol with us.
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01-14-2022, 10:53 AM
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Patience. In time he or you will find something he wants more
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01-14-2022, 11:08 AM
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Wow! That looks like it might be a survivor, as in survived the past 104 years with its original parts intact. The finish looks legitimate too!
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01-14-2022, 11:41 AM
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I wonder how that gun made its way to Switzerland and where it has been hiding all these years.
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01-14-2022, 12:00 PM
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Nice 1911!
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01-14-2022, 12:01 PM
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That’s in great shape, and no “idiot” has left a mark for 115 years.
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01-14-2022, 03:36 PM
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Thats a beauty
I have a 1918. The 1918 guns were rather hastily made and are actually considered among the lowest quality Colts. I dont care!
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01-14-2022, 05:09 PM
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Nice example for sure, but too bad it isn’t a 1916, which are significantly rarer. Either way, it’s a beautiful piece.
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01-14-2022, 05:22 PM
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I'd love to have a gun just like that!
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01-14-2022, 05:59 PM
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Here’s mine, also from 1917
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01-14-2022, 07:12 PM
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Clssic12 can't blame dealer for wanting to keep that 1911 a true collector. Did he have any info re how it ended up in Switzerland? WW1 German capture?
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01-14-2022, 07:59 PM
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It clearly says "United States Property" on it. Please let me know if you need an address to send it back to.
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01-15-2022, 05:27 AM
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Clssic12 can't blame dealer for wanting to keep that 1911 a true collector. Did he have any info re how it ended up in Switzerland? WW1 German capture?
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No idea, LGS got it from an estate of a deceased collector
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01-15-2022, 08:10 AM
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Oh, I have one too. These "brushed finished" 1911s are fantastic.
BTW, mine is marked "U.S. PROPERTY" also. Where should I send it?
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01-15-2022, 05:12 PM
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Son of a NUTCRACKER! Those are nice!!
I have piece of one. I have a mix and match 1911 and the frame is from a 1917 model, grips too. The rest is all much newer. It works just like it should and I am grateful even to have a piece of one.
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Back in the '70a, a LGS had a .45 Colt Government Model, serial number C88, from 1912. As a poor college student, of course I couldn't afford it.
Fast forward 20 some years. I was at a Birmingham gun show and I saw C88 lying on a table. I looked at it & the owner said that it had been his father's .45, but it had been sold many years before. The owner was able to find it for sale in the late 1980s and had bought it.
I then told him that C88 had sat in a gun shop in Auburn, Alabama for at least 5 years in the '70s. He thanked me for filling in part of it's missing history.
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I want one but CMP quit taking orders last March. I do have the newer M45A1 though.
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