Im thinking about getting a Colt Archive Letter for one of my Colt 1911 Pistols. Cost of the letter is $100.00
Dose this add any more value?
Dose this add any more value?
Yes and no. Is there something you think is special about your pistol? Off the top of my head for instance, does the serial # fall in the range of being shipped to the Marine Corps? I'm sure one of the more knowledgeable guys will chime in.
It's only valuable to those who would want to collect it.
As for myself, I buy guns to shoot, so I don't care what papers are with it.
As for myself, I buy guns to shoot, so I don't care what papers are with it.
I had a couple 45 Colt revolvers that were a fairly low serial range one time that I did the letter on. They had not been anything special that I could find out about them. Have no idea it it made them worth more or not, but it was interesting to know where they started out. I got another letter for a Colt 1903 .380 hammerless. It was sold in a hardware store in Dallas in about 1914 if I remember the year correctly. I still have it around here somewhere.
I got one from Winchester for my dad for a rifle as a Christmas gift. There wasnt a whole lot to the letter, but he thought it was cool and framed it.
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