[Orcutt]

This is the second Springfield I have run across in the last year or so. Too bad someone ground off the US Govt property mark. The hammer appears to have been repaired. But the small S proof marks are where they are supposed to be. Although I think the S on the hammer is suspect. I'm wondering how much the value is effected regarding the Govt property mark being ground off?

 

[Rick the Librarian2]

The SECOND Springfield you have run into?? Sir, I sincerely hate you!!:laugh:

How about sending one my way??

 

[Mike D]

OK, fill me in. Are they rare? Not many produced?

 

[Orcutt]

They were made for only three years during WWI. I think about 25 thousand and are much harder to find in original condiition than a Colt. The one posted here was made probadly in 1915. The other one I have was made in 1916.

 

[Rick the Librarian2]

The Springfield M1911 is on my "guns I'd buy if I won the lottery"-list!

 

[NavyGunner]

I too had a very nice condition Colt M1911 that had the US PROPERTY marking filed off. They both probably came home in a soldiers duffel bag. Sadly the defacing effects the collector value a good bit as it's no longer all original. How much is hard to say I guess it would depend upon how much a prospective buyer wants a Springfield Armory M1911.

 

[Rick the Librarian2]

I have a Remington-Rand M1911A1 with the "US Property" and the serial number still present but with a "line" through each one. It was my first M1911 and I REALLY wanted it. $475 at a gunshow in 2003.

 

[rbott]

I paid $35 for my Springfield 45 at a pawn shop in El Paso.
(Of course that was in 1954)

 

[chuckindenver]

until the 1950,s it wasnt legal to own a weapon marked USP...i restored the USP markings on my Springfield.