At the ripe old age of 18 I wanted an 'Army .45' so a friend had a 1911 he was going to sell to me for $250. So he brought it by and I looked at it and it had a period shoulder holster with it but the gun did NOT say Colt on it but had some other weird marking, Uh something that said 'S Mfg. Co.' on the side - I passed on it because I wanted a real Colt................