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Old 05-05-2021, 5:17 AM
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I missed posting this on its 80 th Bday. I don’t have many guns anymore but this
Colt Military is noteworthy being in the last part of the BLUED 1911 military Colts.
They went to Parkerized around 735,000. Note how the small parts are Brite blue
because they were pulled from the Commercial blue parts bin!







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That is such a beautiful piece.
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I'm blown away how an issue firearm stayed so immaculate!
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That’s a clean one - love those old 1911s
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I'm blown away how an issue firearm stayed so immaculate!
There were so many of the darn things made, while certainly rare, high condition 1911/1911A1s are surprisingly more common than you would think.

However, that particular one is doubly valuable. Not only is it in outstanding original condition, but transitional 1911A1's are exceedingly rare in and of themselves. I think the only US issue Colts that rival them for rarity and value are the 1937 and 1939 1911A1 Colts, all of which went to the Navy and were lost or used up over the years and the 1938 Colts of which only 1296 were manufactured.

I have a 97%+ USP Colt 1911 that was made in 1917 and went to the Philippines. How the heck it not only made it back to the US, but remained in nearly unissued condition is a mystery to me. I also have a 1918 USP Colt 1911 that is still in what I judge to probably be in 95% original condition.
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