Colt 1911 value
bought a gun from a guy who inherited a house and found this colt 1911 in it. brought it in to have it cleaned up and offered to sell it cheap so i bought it. it is very rough finish probaly 20-30 percent gone. the stamping on hte side where it said "property of us governmaent is nearly all filed off but still legible. everything else is all original. gun was made in 1917 by colt. like i said it is in rough shape but is a good shooter and it came with 6 mags. someone must have been worried about the us property stamp for some reason to file it off? any ballpark figures on what this gun is worth?
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I have a Colt 1911 Commercial Model, part of the British Contract(45ACP not 455)Serial C287xx made in 1916. With two of the 2toned mags,bore is very good,overall 80-90%. How much would it be worth? 0 -
Having the sights installed is going to substantially decrease the value that it once had. 0 -
Wow this takes me back 35 years . I had just doing just about the same thing that has been done to your pistol "modifying a very early Colt 1911" except mine was a 4 digit serial number . Unfortunately what has been done to your pistol as well as what I did to mine most surely cut the value in 1/2 if not 1/4 or 1/10 of what it would have been if left alone and in original configuration . your pistol may be a candidate for a high end restoration but this would cost you Big Bucks .IMHO value as is is $500.00. If in original condition with letter $6000.00 . to restore $1500.00 - $2000.00 and then worth $3500.00 + Sorry about the bad news and others may have different opinion don't take just my word for it . Now I am going to go cry in a beer for you . PERRY SHOOTER 0 -
The only ones that I have ever seen with the barrels numbered like that, have been the Argentine contract guns. The earliest Argentine contract dates to the 1915 time frame, with the serial numbers in the 20,000 -21,000 range.
If the pistol your inquiring about is one of the Argentine guns, it appears to have been refinished besides having the sights reworked.
My 2?, is that it's only value is as a shooter in light of what has been done to it, since leaving the factory. My WAG, If it shoots to your satisfaction, $300-$500 range.0 -
Hello Rufe Snow This brings up a good point and Question . The Colt letter states a shipment of 1000 pistols this would be the exact number you quote as the first Argentine contract and this pistol in the last 1/4 of the contract . Either one of two things come to mind . #1 colt made a mistake in their letter or #2 the U.S. did not sell firearms to Argentina and a firm in London was the middle man. Very interesting . I never even thought about a foreign contract. after seeing his letter from Colt. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
Hello Rufe Snow This brings up a good point and Question . The Colt letter states a shipment of 1000 pistols this would be the exact number you quote as the first Argentine contract and this pistol in the last 1/4 of the contract . Either one of two things come to mind . #1 colt made a mistake in their letter or #2 the U.S. did not sell firearms to Argentina and a firm in London was the middle man. Very interesting . I never even thought about a foreign contract. after seeing his letter from Colt.
Bingo! we have a winner!!!!
Colt made 1000 of these for Argentina starting with ser #20000 to 21999 in 1916. They went through the London Armory in England
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3) Colt M1911 British Contract: S/N W29117 to W97000 and S/N C29 to C74,200 = May 1912 to April 1919 (Approx. 17,500 pistols were shipped to England. Serial numbers that begin with a "C" were .45 ACP and serial numbers that begin with a "W" were .455 Webley calibers.
8) Colt M1911 Argentine: S/N C6201 to C11621 = 1914, S/N C20,001 to C21000 = 1916, S/N C86790 to C116000 = 1919 (321 shipped in 1914 marked on right side of slide with "MARINA ARGENTINA". In 1915 another 1000 shipped within above S/N range. In 1919 another 400 M1911 Colts shipped in above S/N range. Imported into the U.S. in 1960 as surplus but very rare in any condition.)0
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