loeman
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I posted this gun on a Colt forum to seek some info and found it to be quite helpful. So I thought I'd post it here as I know we have a number of Colt fans here too!
Back about 17 years ago I had some cash that needed spending so I went looking for a NIB Colt 1911. I noticed an ad for one in the "Shotgun News". The ad was placed by Harrison Carroll a well-known dealer in CA and I had previously bought a Walther and a Browning HP from him and was very satisfied with the deals. So I "bit the bullet", paid my money and got this gun, a pre Series 70 Colt 1911 with box and papers. At that time I had no knowledge of the BB under the serial number, on the barrel and on the bottom of the box.
After doing some Google work I found out some interesting information about the BB. Apparently this gun is a transitional model run of maybe 1000 made just before coming out with the Series 70s. The main difference being that it has the Series 70 style of barrel bushing hence the BB markings. Here are a few pictures of this interesting variation. Some of these guns were snarfed up by those "in the know" while others went out to the public via the usual channels. Here are a few pics.
Back about 17 years ago I had some cash that needed spending so I went looking for a NIB Colt 1911. I noticed an ad for one in the "Shotgun News". The ad was placed by Harrison Carroll a well-known dealer in CA and I had previously bought a Walther and a Browning HP from him and was very satisfied with the deals. So I "bit the bullet", paid my money and got this gun, a pre Series 70 Colt 1911 with box and papers. At that time I had no knowledge of the BB under the serial number, on the barrel and on the bottom of the box.
After doing some Google work I found out some interesting information about the BB. Apparently this gun is a transitional model run of maybe 1000 made just before coming out with the Series 70s. The main difference being that it has the Series 70 style of barrel bushing hence the BB markings. Here are a few pictures of this interesting variation. Some of these guns were snarfed up by those "in the know" while others went out to the public via the usual channels. Here are a few pics.
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