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Maestro · 01-11-2014, 11:16 AM

it's hard to resist GI 1911's

318is_Parabellum · 01-11-2014, 03:59 PM

"Jelly" (Jealous, as the kids say today)!

Love the Colt 1911. I have Colt 1911 s/n 243xxx on layaway as we speak. It was nickel-plated, but it looks like it wasn't buffed hardly at all (edges not too rounded off, etc.), and IIRC, all markings are present... Thinking very seriously about having the plating removed and getting it refinished if something close to the original finish can be applied.

Here are a couple of pics of my WW1 commemorative. As an interesting side note, this pistol is (with the replacement grips) almost identical to one owned by Elvis Presley! Thus I call this one: "The King"!

318is_Parabellum · 01-11-2014, 04:09 PM

One interesting thing about "the mixmaster" Rem UMC is that when it went through the re-arsenal process, RIA apparently stamped the frame "M1911 US Army". I have seen this stamping previously on another RIA re-arsenal 1911, somewhere (I don't remember which site).

Here is mine:

rhuff · 01-11-2014, 04:36 PM

What is not to like about these old warhorses? They did what they were designed to do for years and years. If they could only talk, what a tale they could tell. I own a Colt 1914 1911, and a 1943 Colt 1911A1 "lend lease" model. I love to shoot them, and I load some "soft" loads so as not to crack a slide or frame.

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01-11-2014, 04:36 PM	#4
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,753 Thanked 999 Times in 734 Posts	What is not to like about these old warhorses? They did what they were designed to do for years and years. If they could only talk, what a tale they could tell. I own a Colt 1914 1911, and a 1943 Colt 1911A1 "lend lease" model. I love to shoot them, and I load some "soft" loads so as not to crack a slide or frame.