thompson 1911 auto ordance 45 cal. pistol

dcunio

April 20, 2003 06:52

I am trying to find out some history, and value to my 45, 1911, 19111a model gun. its a Thompson Auto Ordance 45 Cal. serial number is E09126 and has West Hurley on it. I did write to the owners of Auto Ordance and was told that the gun was made prior to the new ownership, so that they do not have any records. on it. Also on the Auto Ordance, thompson, it is stated on their website that the first 15,000 where made for the military. Does anyone have , or can guide me to a better source on how to find out when the gun was made? whats it's value maybe?

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  April 20, 2003 09:36

  I believe you will find that your Auto Ordnance pistol was assembled by the Numrich Gun Parts Corp. and is currently valued at $250-300 depending on condition. Their phone number is 845-679-4867.

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  Python

  April 20, 2003 12:42

  dcunio;
  
  Is you're pistol blued or parkerized? Does the serial
  number appear in more than one place? Military arms,
  generally, had multiple serial #'s. If it is a military pistol it will be stamped, "U.S. Gov. Property" on the slide. Auto Ordinance did manufacture a large number of 1911's during WWII. As did many,many others. If it was a Military gun, it will also bear the proof and acceptance marks of one of the Governmeant Arsenals. Look it over for these things, if you find them it will be helpful. It may also be as Gerbirgsjager suggests, a Numrich parts gun. In this event he is preety close on his guesstimate.

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  101AIRBORNE

  April 20, 2003 16:45

  I would appreciate a reference where Auto Ordance manufactured
  1911's during WW11.

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  Snuff

  April 26, 2003 08:13

  I have never before heard that they did so. In fact, the 1911 was made by many other manufacturers, and they couldn't make enough Thompson smg's, so they developed the Grease Gun. I'd say Auto Ord was too busy making TSMG'S to bother with 1911's, during WW2.

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  CountryGunsmith

  April 26, 2003 09:12

  There were no 1911's produced by anyone during WW2. The 1911A1 pistol was produced by Colt, Singer, Ithaca, Remington-Rand and Union Switch & Signal.

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  Snuff

  April 26, 2003 09:25

  Same thing. All the parts interchange.

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  CountryGunsmith

  April 26, 2003 10:39

  Functionally, yes. Correctly from a collector's standpoint, no.

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  Matt45

  April 27, 2003 03:18

  One of the two Thompson Auto-Ordnance .45ACP M1911A1's I own is simular to yours. The SN is E12xxx. It is stamped "Auto-Ordnance Corp., West Hurley, N.Y." on the right side of the frame and "Model M1911A1 U.S. ARMY" on the left side of the slide, with a Parkerized finish. With it came a Tan USGI Style mag pouch and 2 factory mags.
  
  I purchased this pistol NIB in 1997, I believe that it was assembled by Thompson Auto-Ordnance in 1996, which was before Kahr Arms purchased them. My original cost was $325.00 plus tax.
  
  IMHO you do not have a WWII relic, but you do have a pretty well made M1911A1 that should be a reasonable shooter.
  
  
  
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