Another 1911 Find
 

I picked up this rather nice all original colt 1917 1911 this week. This one is a keeper for sure, good all original 1911 and 1911a's are getting more and more harder to find as well as the price keeps going up.

If this old warhorse could talk:D

And this is a 1941 norwegian i traded for a few weeks back, not many of these around. Everything matchs and in about 95 percent.

Dan, If you ever want to part with the Norwegian, I have a friend here in Florida who is Norwegian and a top executive at Norwegian Cruise Lines. he trained with this gun and has been on the lookout for an example.

just got it. they are rare and just findinga good one and matched even harder to do.

Padre,

I've been a .45 lover, man and boy, for nigh onto 50 years now. In all this time I've never seen a Norwegian. (Heard about them, of course.) I'm absolutely impressed with that slide release! That might be the only real improvement in a 1911 since John Moses finished with it. How do you like its operation?

John

just fired it today, flawless, not one i will shoot alot, but as we know any of the 1911's are not ammo picky, this one will be a keeper.

The slide release, well lets say they got that one right. and talk about numbering parts, it has the military lugers beat, it cost me a ton, but how often do you even see one much less find one for sale.

I hope you don't take offense, but both guns are reblued.

not a bit, the price was adjusted for it. when you find rare 1911.s all matching you grab them up.

nice 1911's thanks for posting pics

yw. I own alot more 1911's than i do lugers. i allways have admired them and allways will. Never thinking that one day i would stake my life on one. This remington rand is only two digits off the one i carried over forty years ago. of all the guns in my collection this is the one i feel the closest to, hard to explain that kind of bond with a firearm. I would be wiling i am not the only one that feels that way.

Aw man! That is lovely :)

I must disagree. If you have ever owned an Argentine Army M1927 .45 (DGFM-FMAP) you would be impressed by the workmanship and innovation in manufacturing. For example, the trigger is milled out of one piece of steel (no stamping & silver-soldering). If you read the tool marks on other parts, you'll appreciate how the Argentines used their limited tooling resources to achieve the same ends Colt does/did on their M1911A1's.

I had a book once on the Argentine .45's; IIRC they nationalized the factory that Colt had financed (same with the FN plant)...

I still own one of these Argentine .45's, used to be my carry piece, now a safe queen...

Anyway, my point here was that Colt et al may have used manufacturing techniques and cost-cutting options that Browning may not have envisioned (or approved)...

That M1911A1 that you & I carried back in the 60's/70's was not exactly what JMB engineered...

maybe, but i never used a argentine 1927 to save the life of my wounded rto.

The 1911 patent filed by Browning is quite interesting...Overall, it resembles the M1911 as adopted by the US Army, but there are a lot of fascinating differences...

United States Patent 984,519
Issue Date: February 14, 1911

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...uery=PN/984519

It's a heart/love/confidence thing. I carry a 1911. (NOT A1)

Rationally, I "know" there are "better" guns, newer methods, faster this, cooler that...etc. And I know my 1911/Browning/Colt history; what Browning designed and what the Ordinance Boards changed and added.

"Bark 'N' Buck" (engraved thusly on the slide many years ago ) went with me to Desert Storm. I had to sneak it over and back. We weren't supposed to bring our own toys. Luckily, crusty over-aged Gunnery Sergeants don't get strip searched...at least not then.

As a Marine Tanker my TO weapon was a pistol and I wanted one that would remove unwanted and uninvited debris from my front slope.

To each his own...but to me, "Bark 'N' Buck is total...absolute...confidence. To all of you, I hope your choice makes you as confident.

(Jeez...is that a rant? Wow! I've never done a rant before. Cool! ;))

Best regards to all,

Gunny John

John, that was no rant, that was a HONEST statement. Perhaps a testament that sums up just how alot of us feel about ole slabsides, thank you for speaking your feellings ,alot of us share that bond of confidence with our 1911.s , like we do with no other. OHOO WAAA

I had a stainless Colt 1991A1 back some years ago. It's a very accurate pistol.

Recently, read an article on "Man at Arms" which talks about "Black Army 1911" (WWI wartime finish). It's very interesting.