Mixmaster Value Question for WWII 1911 A1 Collectors

[waffles]

There are also plenty of anecdotes of slides, frames, barrels, and parts being swapped around when doing group cleanings during the war.

Even without a rebuild program things get mixed up.

 

[ladder13]

I recall the CMP thread where folks were saying they were junk, overpriced, etc etc

I’d buy another, yesterday.

 

[sigp220.45]

I recall the CMP thread where folks were saying they were junk, overpriced, etc etc

I’d buy another, yesterday.

Dang, that’s a nice one!

 

[kbm6893]

There were some that received battle damage and were picked up on the battlefield that were rusted/dirty. See the picture in ost # 21.

True. And some were just swapped around during mass cleanings. Military guns were built to be interchangeable with their parts for that reason.

 

[ladder13]

Dang, that’s a nice one!

If they open up sales again for previous buyers, like you, I will ask for the lowest grade they have available.

Something about those ratty looking, been there done that, GI 45’s.

 

[bill-in-texas]

I have yet to use the CMP. I recall a friend back in the early 1990s telling me I better get an order in for an M1, before prices went nuts. Well, being broke back in those days I missed the boat and resigned myself to not being able to ever afford one from CMP. Older now, with money in the bank, I can afford whatever the CMP has but I don’t have much patience these days!

This ol’ shooter will get fresh springs before it sees the range and the original springs will get labeled and set aside.

-Bill

Detail Cleaning Needed; Oil’d Up For Now

 

[Shark Bait]

Glad you got it Bill. Enjoy that old war horse!

 

[ladder13]

I have yet to use the CMP. I recall a friend back in the early 1990s telling me I better get an order in for an M1, before prices went nuts. Well, being broke back in those days I missed the boat and resigned myself to not being able to ever afford one from CMP. Older now, with money in the bank, I can afford whatever the CMP has but I don’t have much patience these days!

This ol’ shooter will get fresh springs before it sees the range and the original springs will get labeled and set aside.

-Bill

Detail Cleaning Needed; Oil’d Up For Now

Nice one!

 

[AJ]

Nice looking piece. Like the old saying "you never paid to much, you just bought it to soon"!

 

[LostintheOzone]

If they open up sales again for previous buyers, like you, I will ask for the lowest grade they have available.

Something about those ratty looking, been there done that, GI 45’s.

I haven't checked the CMP forum lately so not sure if they're still selling those or what the political climate is over there.

If they open it up again to previous buyers I'll lay my money down for a field grade.

When my dealer received mine he offered to buy it for cost plus. Nobody is ever going to lose a dime on one of those.

I recently sold 2 Colt Gov't models that I lost money on. So it goes.

 

[AJ]

I haven't checked the CMP forum lately so not sure if they're still selling those or what the political climate is over there.

If they open it up again to previous buyers I'll lay my money down for a field grade.

When my dealer received mine he offered to buy it for cost plus. Nobody is ever going to lose a dime on one of those.

I recently sold 2 Colt Gov't models that I lost money on. So it goes.

1911 Information - Civilian Marksmanship Program

 

[AJ]

CMP has a US&S up for auction right now. In fact they have five of them up for auction.

 

[jjmIII_Ruger]

This is the exact kind of thread that makes me spend money!!

 

[gregintenn]

Anybody ever see prices on US milsurp firearms go down?

 

[AJ]

Anybody ever see prices on US milsurp firearms go down?

Not in the last 50 years....

 

[moralem]

Safe to say you got it…..good for you. Were you able to knock the price down….if not you still did ok…..and you will enjoy simply pulling it out from the safe from time to time and just imagining where it has been.

This ol’ shooter will get fresh springs before it sees the range and the original springs will get labeled and set aside.

-Bill

Detail Cleaning Needed; Oil’d Up For Now



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[AJ]

Safe to say you got it…..good for you. Were you able to knock the price down….if not you still did ok…..and you will enjoy simply pulling it out from the sage from time to time and just imagining where it has been.

I use to wonder where my MILSURP M1911A1's had been. Had a M1911 that had been shipped to an Army Hospital in Asheville, NC in 1918 and that info was via the SRS. All those guns are gone now, just keep to Colts of civilian manufacture.

I do have a Colt Model 1909 U.S.Army that I wonder where it has been throughout it's life. Yes, I shoot it from time to time.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

I sold the military 1911's I had years ago when they got to be worth more to everybody else than they were to me . I kept my 70 series and my Argentine . Still have a DCM $15.00 all matching Rock-Ola and a lunch box full of magazines that I will never sell .

 

[PALADIN85020]

This 1911 I own has a mismatched slide and frame. But it's definitely NOT "mixmaster." In reality, it's a very sought-after reworked 1911 with a Colt frame and an A.J. Savage slide.



The A.J. Savage Munitions Co. of San Diego, CA was awarded a contract for 1911 pistols in July of 1918. Although the "Great War" ended before any complete pistols were made, some slides were apparently manufactured. Some of these showed up on reworked pistols using mostly Colt 1911 frames. Most of these came out of the Augusta Arsenal. This is one of those very rare pistols, bearing the "AA" rework mark of the Augusta Arsenal. The "S" marked ordnance bomb logo shows the slide to be an AJS product. A.J. Savage was the son of Arthur Savage, the inventor of the Savage 99 rifle and the founder of the Savage Arms Company. The two companies were separate entities.

Today, these coveted maverick pistols are worth megabucks!

John

 

[AJ]

The M1911A1's can be good shooters. I was the Guard Chief at a Marine Barracks. We had 50 M1911A1's in our inventory. Some shot fair and others not so good. The 1stSgt. and I were into building our own M1911A1's and accuracizing them. Our Armorer was a kid straight out of Armorer's School and could take one apart and change parts. We decided to teach him a thing or two. We had a parts bin that was a yard long and three rows high. The drawers were filled with spare parts from slides, barrels and all the other small parts for the M1911A1. The 1stSgt. and I rebuilt them all. Started by fitting slides to frames and bushings to barrels and then to slides. Every piece that could be fitted was. We showed the Armorer what we were doing, in another words he was back in school. When we got finished we had 45 M1911A1's that could hold at least a 2" or less group. The other five had frames that needed to be replaced, something that was not allowed at our level. Nothing wrong with a rebuild as long as it is done right!

This 1911 I own has a mismatched slide and frame. But it's definitely NOT "mixmaster." In reality, it's a very sought-after reworked 1911 with a Colt frame and an A.J. Savage slide.



The A.J. Savage Munitions Co. of San Diego, CA was awarded a contract for 1911 pistols in July of 1918. Although the "Great War" ended before any complete pistols were made, some slides were apparently manufactured. Some of these showed up on reworked pistols using mostly Colt 1911 frames. Most of these came out of the Augusta Arsenal. This is one of those very rare pistols, bearing the "AA" rework mark of the Augusta Arsenal. The "S" marked ordnance bomb logo shows the slide to be an AJS product. A.J. Savage was the son of Arthur Savage, the inventor of the Savage 99 rifle and the founder of the Savage Arms Company. The two companies were separate entities.

Today, these coveted maverick pistols are worth megabucks!

John

When we did the rebuilding of our M199A1's, the 1stSgt. found a gem. He found a Singer Slide. The next day he brought a Remington-Rand Slide and swapped it out. At the time I was not really into collector items. Missed out on anther........