CMP 1911s are back up for purchase

[hipv125]

Can you tell us where you found the Colt slide?

I went to the buy sell section of the CMP forums said I was looking for one and a member reached out to me privately.

 

[jakeman]

SOAB - Delayed

Colt frame & RR Slide

I’m so tickled I could just poop.

Unless they get a call back I can pick it up on the 29th.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Bummer about the delay. Prolly no big deal...not like you were anxious to get it or anything.

 

[jakeman]

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Oh, very nice. Congrats, jakeman. Really, really nice.

 

[jakeman]

Oh, very nice. Congrats, jakeman. Really, really nice.

It has the scratch, but that’s not going to bother me.

Just really pleased with it. I need to do some research on the SN, but pretty happy with it.

 

[okcBob]

I think that SN is mid-late war, like 44-45. A Colt slide without a SN would prob be correct. Earlier colts had a SN on the back of the slide.

 

[jakeman]

I think that SN is mid-late war, like 44-45. A Colt slide without a SN would prob be correct. Earlier colts had a SN on the back of the slide.

What little research I’ve done has it sometime in ‘44.

It has a USGI replacement barrel (.45 Auto 7791193 85). The Guy H Drewry Inspector stamp. P proof stamps top slide and below/behind mag release. A 35 assembler stamp on right front of trigger guard. There are a couple more very faint/partial markings I can’t identify on the frame right side, below slide and behind grip. (see pic). One of them is definitely a stamp, the other I’m not so sure. I haven’t had it apart, so I don’t know what is under the slide, but will there be any numbers on the RR slide anywhere?

That’s all the external marks/stamps I can find. I believe this pistol as is, in its current configuration has been carried in service. It has some slight holster wear marks. Top of rear sight is lightly polished, as are the edges of the frame & slide. It’s obviously been stripped and cleaned or it wouldn’t be scratched. The safety looks to be fairly new. It’s not parked, and it’s black/blue.

I’ll take it apart and clean it in the coming days, and see if I can find any more marks/stamps and see what I can find about them.

@okcBob unless there is another @okcBob over on the CMP forum I found you over there. Lots of good info there. Asking these questions here because I’m new over there and this is kinda home.

 

[jakeman]

I field stripped it and wiped everything down and lightly lubed it. Nothing under the slide except a couple of stamps on the barrel. (Pictured)

I “think” that barrel was either manufactured in Israel or purchased by them and then stamped by them in the 10th month of 1985 or 86. P is a proof mark and M is magnetic particle crack checked. I found varying opinions.

Nothing on the grips except what I believe are right & left part numbers. I can’t date them unless someone here can.

After reassembling the pistol, with just a very slight dose of care the “idiot scratch” should be 100% avoidable. I think those are caused by either a lack of knowledge or just flat out being careless. That thing went back together very easily.

The only way I can date the slide is by the size of the lettering, and it does not run the length of the slide stop. This would have been a Type 3 slide manufactured some time after RR Serial No 980000 up to end of production, so from sometime in ‘43 up to ‘45.

Pretty neat, even for an old dude like me. I have thoroughly enjoyed the process and holding a piece of history like that in my hand. Owning it will be a joy and an honor.

If any of you milsurp guys catch any mistakes in the above, I’d love to be corrected. Your comments and criticisms are welcome.

Clearly owning a pistol like this ain’t for everyone, but i clearly don’t fall into that group. I wouldn’t take for it, and I’ve owned it for less than 24 hours.

 

[okcBob]

Grips look like post ww2 type.