i just picked up a 1911 a1 rs colt blued the frame and slide dont match ser# but they look like they belong together both ser# are 2864 off from matching. [slide is 1941] my ? is ,is this 45 very collectable even though not matching nu# thanks Ray
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Do you mean that Colt reblued the frame and slide, or that they are Clot parts and were reblued? A 1911A1 from 1941 would have been, by the way, Parked, not blued.
A mis-match, if a GI gun and an arseanal refurb wuld be collectible, but not "highly collectible" as i see it. If it is a GI gun that was reworked by Colt with a blue (especilly high polish commercial style0 would be interesting and salable, but not really all that much attactive to a collector of 1911s.
A mis-match, if a GI gun and an arseanal refurb wuld be collectible, but not "highly collectible" as i see it. If it is a GI gun that was reworked by Colt with a blue (especilly high polish commercial style0 would be interesting and salable, but not really all that much attactive to a collector of 1911s.
no it has not been reblued what i mean sometime in ww2 the troops was cleaning their weapons [45s] and grabbed a slide and place it on this frame and it has been like that all through the years what i am asking even though not matching is it a collectable RS 1941 colt all orginal blue thanks Ray
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A very nice and scarce pistol Ray matching or not. It appears to be in very nice shape as well. I believe that out of Colt's entire military production of 1911A1's only 35K were blued. Parkerization began to show up at about the 730000 range and became prevalent at 734000. I recently acquired a blued RS 1941 mismatched by 15 numbers and I'm very happy to have found it.
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Yeh, I spoke too soon about type finish, forgot that hey were still doing some in brushed blue in '41, didn't switch to Parkerization until into the year.
The mis=match in your case is not problem IMO. All-matching, 100% would be worth more, but that one is desireable and yes, highly collectible. The parts switch probably occured in a unit arms room when the armorer was cleaning everything on hand rather than when the troops were clening weapons.
The mis=match in your case is not problem IMO. All-matching, 100% would be worth more, but that one is desireable and yes, highly collectible. The parts switch probably occured in a unit arms room when the armorer was cleaning everything on hand rather than when the troops were clening weapons.
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Yes, still pretty collectable. With only 34500 blue M1911A1's made between 1924 and 1941, they are very desireable and will still sale pretty high. Congratulations. Does it have a small G Colt barrel? Grips look correct.
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