Colt M1911

andwaahs · 12-19-2012, 03:27 PM

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

12-19-2012, 03:27 PM	#1
andwaahs User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Norway Posts: 85 Thanks: 41 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	Colt M1911 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 Attached Thumbnails