Rare SR1911 Auctions
There are at least 3 "Rare 2nd Amendment" engraved 1 of 300s for sale in 3 different states right now on GunBroker. They are identical in every way other than serial number. How can this be? Is this like the Franklin Mint of 45s?
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Unless they are actually cataloged by Colt, they are commissioned by private business. Either to promote their political agenda(s), or more likely to make money off poor deluded suckers. Because of this they will knock out as many as they can, as long as they have folks standing in line to buy them. 0 -
Those are standard Sturm-Ruger SR-1911's that have probably been specially engraved by an outside company like Talo. Ruger doesn't have them listed on their website. There were apparently 300 of them produced.
Pretty handgun, though:
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=328865816
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They are nice looking. My confusion is all 5 are engraved 1 of 300 and thats how the seller's are promoting them, the rare number 1. Now if it was 2 of 300, 6 of 300, 187 of 300, etc I could understand. But 5 Number 1s? 0 -
I don't see the confusion.
This is the "2nd amendment 1 of 300" special edition. Anyone can clearly see the Ruger serial number. I don't think anyone would think that the name of the series implies that the gun is serial number 1.
The same sort of name was used by Winchester in their "1 of 100" & "1 of 1000" series. (And, there were fewer guns in the first Winchester series than the second.)
Guns don't have to follow the same system as art prints.
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quote:Originally posted by Calehedron
They are nice looking. My confusion is all 5 are engraved 1 of 300 and thats how the seller's are promoting them, the rare number 1. Now if it was 2 of 300, 6 of 300, 187 of 300, etc I could understand. But 5 Number 1s?
It wouldn't be cost effective to change the stamping dies 300 times. Neal explained it well. They're designating the total quantity, not the sequential serial number.0 -
I can see that now, the operative word OF. They are in the 300 lot run, but you dont know the order of the modification. But as to stamping, wouldnt this most likely be done by CNC these days? Especially a 300 piece run. I can still see leaving the 1 of 300 for expedience, but its not difficult to change the CAD file for each run to show an order of production on top of the Ruger SN. 0 -
In the end, they will retain any extra value only if they remain new in the box. If you want one to shoot (and you do, I promise you do) those are not the ones to bid on.
It is a great version of a 1911.0
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