1911 Colt "Black Army"

saab-bob · 12-12-2012, 04:13 PM

Thank you for all the nice comments Gents

Yeah,I will put on the correct Colt grips eventually. Right now,I want to shoot it some and its easier to handle with checkering that actually sticks.

For me,the big thrill of collecting is to hold something and think of its history.I hold this old Colt and think of the dough boys,who volunteered to go to Europe to fight the Huns.Of the next owners who carried it and shoot it and esp to the pinhead who locktied the grips screws on!

The good news,it is a tight gun. I can't feel any looseness between the frame and the slide.

Bob

12-12-2012, 04:13 PM	#5
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Thank you for all the nice comments Gents Yeah,I will put on the correct Colt grips eventually. Right now,I want to shoot it some and its easier to handle with checkering that actually sticks. For me,the big thrill of collecting is to hold something and think of its history.I hold this old Colt and think of the dough boys,who volunteered to go to Europe to fight the Huns.Of the next owners who carried it and shoot it and esp to the pinhead who locktied the grips screws on! The good news,it is a tight gun. I can't feel any looseness between the frame and the slide. Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"