I finaly got to pick up the 1911 I reserved a few months ago, What a stunner! I had to break the whole thing down and clean it in boiling water as it had been preserved in what looked and smelled like bitumen.
I took it to the range this morning all cleaned and oiled and it is the nicest pistol I have ever used, just a shame the rounds are so expensive here
I searched the serial no and it came back as a 1943-44 issue and on the holster that came with it is stamped "US Enger-Kress 1944" I wish I could have asked the old guy that had it all these years how he got it in the first place
