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  • rufe-snow
    It don't look promising to me, collectors value/money wise. Appears to be a late circa 1945 manufactured Colt frame, with a mismatched early 1911 era slide that has been refinished. During the late Second World War era when the frame was manufactured, the pistols left Colt with a grey parkerized finish. From the auction photos, appears the pistol has been dipped blued.

    Given the above it would be classed as a shooter, and priced accordingly. The british proofs would also affect collectors value.
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  • givette
    Well, It's already on the block. And has a price. Kinda moot now, isn't it?

    Probably early WWII Lend-Lease, and re-introduced back into the US in the '50's. It's most likely very little fired..or used. The Brits have their pride, you know!

    Let the $1500 run its course. If no joy, and you have to re-list, start at $950 and add pics of the underside of the slide, top of the frame, and the barrel link/lug markings with a good, tight bore shot.

    Make note of the SerNo under the firing pin plate in the back of the slide, also.

    Hey, you never know! Maybe you will get a nibble, and you won't have to re-list! Best, Joe
    EDIT ADDED INFO
    Photos are somewhat lacking. If you relist, please go out back of the shop and snap the photos in open shade somewhere..on the picnic table, perhaps? Not on the sheet!! Too much contrast, too little detail.
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  • MFI
    Joe you are not far from me ..You need to take a trip down and check her out yourself .. LOL [:)]
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  • nmyers
    The finish on a late WW2 Colt should look like this:

    colt_1945_slide_left.jpg

    It looks like someone used a sandblaster on the frame of yours before bluing it. You have a poorly refinished mixed parts gun. If you want to SELL it, relist it with a $500 starting bid when the current listing expires.

    Neal
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  • john w
    You need a better camera for the closeups for sure. Interesting piece though
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  • rufe-snow
    I was wrong about the slide legend markings on your Colt. Colt used the same patent date markings throughout W W II production, as are on your Father's 1911 A1.

    This link shows close-up photos of a Colt produced in 1945, that's within 650 numbers of yours. Compare the close-up photos to your pistol, to see the difference between yours and a factory original Colt. This makes all the difference to collectors when they are shelling out big bucks, to buy a pistol for their collection.

    http://coolgunsite.com/images/1911/45 colt 1911a1/1945colt.htm
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