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  • cpermd
    1. NR Seller
    2. Reserve auction
    3. Expensive pistol

    That is 3 strikes.

    CP

    PS

    Why is this in the Ask the Experts forum?

    Mods pls move to correct forum.

    CP
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  • tsr1965
    Hmmm...we just got done with a Colt Navy that was made in 1912, last week. Now another? Actually the BIN price is at least $2500.00 to high, and something looks amiss with the rear sight. Other than that, nice looking pistol. Good luck.

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  • babun
    Well, according to the blue book, he's close to the price listed..I checked....it was one of the few pages I haven't used for fire place tinder.[:D]
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by babun
    Well, according to the blue book, he's close to the price listed..I checked....it was one of the few pages I haven't used for fire place tinder.[:D]


    The Blue Book has not a clue!
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  • catpealer111
    So, is it just a GI frame with a Colt 22 LR conversion kit on it or did Colt really make a 22 1911 under government contract?
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  • babun
    quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
    So, is it just a GI frame with a Colt 22 LR conversion kit on it or did Colt really make a 22 1911 under government contract?


    Appears to be the real deal, thats why the $4,000.
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  • CDMead
    quote:Originally posted by cpermd
    1. NR Seller
    2. Reserve auction
    3. Expensive pistol

    That is 3 strikes.



    You forgot to add the fourth strike - no stated shipping cost. Many people avoid auctions without listed shipping prices.
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  • Wolf.
    This auction is over now but I have some confusion and a couple of questions regarding this piece.

    The serial number, S M 5888, on the right side of the frame, I think, identifies this frame as being specifically Colt factory serially numbered (dedicated) in 1945 to be paired with a Colt .22 ACE kit and assembled at the factory, under gov't contract. Is this correct?

    I do not know if these "Colt ACE", "Service Model", dedicated frames vary in any physical or functional manner from standard Gov't Model 1911 frames. Can anyone comment on this??

    My own "US Property"-marked (marked US Army on the frame) Colt ACE gun (about 90%) has a frame s/n identifying it as a standard 1911 Remington-manufacturered frame, made in 1944. I have the same ACE kit on my gun and 3 magazines as in the photos. Mine was assembled from new parts by a military armorer for an officer, who kept it for many, many years until he decided to sell it recently. This is not the same as a gov't contract, Colt-made, dedicated-frame, Service Model ACE.

    By the way, the adjustable sight on the ACE kit slide in the photo looks correct to me, because it is the same sight I have on my ACE kit slide, but I am not an expert...is this sight correct?

    Also, I have seen the Colt magazines pictured offered for anywhere from $35-$100 or so. I do not believe the magazines are numbered specifically to the gun...mine have no numbers. Does anyone know if ACE magazines were ever paired specifically to guns?. There are newer Colt magazines to be had that are marked differently than the older ones in the photo.

    As a matter of information......on these ACE kits, with the Colt magazines that I have seen (3), the slide will lock back on empty. Other conversion units I have seen will not lock back on empty. This is a factor to consider if you are intending to buy a .22LR kit to convert your M1911 for practice for competition where quick magazine changes are inherrent in the competition.
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  • babun
    That SM # makes it as you suggest..assembled as is from colt.
    The kit I have on auction right now has NO "ACE" written any where on it or the box or original instruction sheet {which is now gone [:(]}. I have seen different sites on them, depending on model and years. Mine are stamped "ellison".
    Never seen magazines #'ed to the gun, but who knows???
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