Colt commander WWII 9mm 4 digit SN
I have a WWII 1911 colt commander that my father purchased in 1953, he bought it from a kid who's father was a bombideier in WWII. It has a 4 digit serial # and i cannot find any info about it on the web anyhhere. It was a conversion from a 45, has a 45 frame but is chambered for 9mm luger, everything is 45 size but the barrel and the mags. It has colt combat commander on the side of the slide, but i have not seen anything with the way it is stamped on any other pistol. Where would i look? My email is souschef42@verizon. net, if you can help point me in the right direction, or at least email me that you cannot help it would help me. Thank you
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This has to be a put together gun. The 9mm commander didn't come till 1951, and has a alloy frame. The frame is older with a four digit serial, and has probably had the dust cover cut back to fit the commander slide.
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Hello we need pictures . Does the frame have military PROOF/INSPECTOR marks . I also believe this is a case that you bought the story not the gun pictures are the only way we even stand a chance of telling you what you have. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
This has to be a put together gun. The 9mm commander didn't come till 1951, and has a alloy frame. The frame is older with a four digit serial, and has probably had the dust cover cut back to fit the commander slide.
Post some pictures and let us know what info you need.
Im not sure if i am doing this right, but to give u more info, is there any colts that were used for pilots that were converted to 9mm in case they were shot down and had to use the local ammo?0 -
quote:Originally posted by chef42
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
This has to be a put together gun. The 9mm commander didn't come till 1951, and has a alloy frame. The frame is older with a four digit serial, and has probably had the dust cover cut back to fit the commander slide.
Post some pictures and let us know what info you need.
Im not sure if i am doing this right, but to give u more info, is there any colts that were used for pilots that were converted to 9mm in case they were shot down and had to use the local ammo?
I will send some pics, what part do you need pics of?0 -
"Im not sure if i am doing this right, but to give u more info, is there any colts that were used for pilots that were converted to 9mm in case they were shot down and had to use the local ammo?"
No.
And the Commander was not introduced until after WW2.0 -
send detailed pictures of each and every mark on both frame and slide also of the serial # the font style + letters in the serial will let us know how to indentify what you have. 0 -
chef42,
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The 4 digit sn# ends with LW, i am in the process of getting picts set up, i cannot find any proof marks on any part of the pistol, the grips are some kind of bakelite(not sure on spelling for term) but have the colt horse and it was confirmed that it was bought used in 1953. If it is a scaled down version of the 45, then it was a custom job with the colt commander upper, it is a lightweight lower and on the barrel it is stamped 9mm luger on top by the ejector, the problem with the picts is that the side that has the colt commander with the horse on the slide is very faint for a camera to pick up without seeming blury, my wife is a graphics wiz with photoshop so she is trying to increase the res on that side of the slide. Are you sure that there were no custom made military 9mm by colt for the war for them to use on an airplane. Doesn't a 4 digit sn# mean it is an early model? i will send picts asap.
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
This has to be a put together gun. The 9mm commander didn't come till 1951, and has a alloy frame. The frame is older with a four digit serial, and has probably had the dust cover cut back to fit the commander slide.
Post some pictures and let us know what info you need.0 -
I also have a 1950's colt aluminum frame frontier SA 22lr, if they came from the same time period (the revolver has proof marks under the grips) then why wouldn't the commander have them?
quote:Originally posted by chef42
The 4 digit sn# ends with LW, i am in the process of getting picts set up, i cannot find any proof marks on any part of the pistol, the grips are some kind of bakelite(not sure on spelling for term) but have the colt horse and it was confirmed that it was bought used in 1953. If it is a scaled down version of the 45, then it was a custom job with the colt commander upper, it is a lightweight lower and on the barrel it is stamped 9mm luger on top by the ejector, the problem with the picts is that the side that has the colt commander with the horse on the slide is very faint for a camera to pick up without seeming blury, my wife is a graphics wiz with photoshop so she is trying to increase the res on that side of the slide. Are you sure that there were no custom made military 9mm by colt for the war for them to use on an airplane. Doesn't a 4 digit sn# mean it is an early model? i will send picts asap.
quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
This has to be a put together gun. The 9mm commander didn't come till 1951, and has a alloy frame. The frame is older with a four digit serial, and has probably had the dust cover cut back to fit the commander slide.
Post some pictures and let us know what info you need.0 -
quote:The 4 digit sn# ends with LW,
Made in 1950, the first full year of production for the Commander.
The USA did not make guns for bullets used by foreign enemies in WW II. If a bombardier wanted a lighter gun than a .45, he carried a .38 revolver.
quote:It has colt combat commander on the side of the slide
Then the slide is a replacement from nearly 20 years later, the Combat Commander is a different model with a steel frame.0
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