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Colt 1911 marking, anyone recognize it?
4/5/2012 5:31:24 PM
A friend brought me a Colt 1911 yesterday that he was thinking about doing some smith work to. I told him to hold off on doing anything to it until I could get an idea what its history was but there was a symbol at the end of the serial number that I'm not familiar with. Has anyone seen something that looks like this: -[ . The best I can describe it is it looks like a capital E with the middle line moved behind the E instead of where it should be.
Thanks for your help. I tried searching, but I don't know how to put this symbol into a search field... LOL
Thanks for your help. I tried searching, but I don't know how to put this symbol into a search field... LOL
4/5/2012 7:49:24 PM
Do you know what year it was made and do you have pictures? Does it have slanted gold cup serrations on the slide?
4/5/2012 8:30:00 PM
Originally Posted By mustang-cars:
Do you know what year it was made and do you have pictures? Does it have slanted gold cup serrations on the slide?
Do you know what year it was made and do you have pictures? Does it have slanted gold cup serrations on the slide?
No, it's definitely not a Gold Cup, I have a series 70 GC and this one didn't have any of the characteristics of a "Series 70" that I've come to be familiar with. Could it be a "C" with a dash? I'm assuming its a late 60's "Commercial" model, but I've never seen one in person so I'm not sure that Colt used a dash after the serial number.
It has a humped mainspring housing, straight slide serrations and standard sights. The serial number is 6 digits starting with 324, so it looks like this 324XXX -[
4/5/2012 9:16:06 PM
Replacement frame for one with the same S/N which was destroyed?
4/5/2012 9:27:55 PM
Originally Posted By Him:
Replacement frame for one with the same S/N which was destroyed?
Replacement frame for one with the same S/N which was destroyed?
That was my first thought, but I don't know. I've never seen anything like this mark. I also thought maybe it was supposed to be an "E" but there was an error in the marking somehow. I guess it could be a dash and then a "C" but it really looks more like a [ than a C. The C would make sense since the Commercial models of that era had a "C" after the 6 digit serial number, but I never noticed a Colt serial number that utilized a dash before. The serial itself dates it around 1968 (if the mark truly is a "C"). If its not a Commercial model I don't know what to make of it...
4/6/2012 8:10:57 PM
4/6/2012 10:36:02 PM
Thanks, I'll give that a shot. I always forget about that forum. I'm so used to just coming here for everything gun related.
5/4/2012 9:47:18 PM
C Suffix ser #
http://www.gunauction.com/buy/9533717/pistols-for-sale/colts-patents-arms-manufacturing-company-1911a1-45acp-5bbl-c-suffix-serial-n
You can check the manufacture date here:
http://proofhouse.com/colt/index.html
ETA: choose this
Model 1911 Commercial & 1st Mod N.M. .45
on the left side for the list of dates
ETA2: I see this is about a month old thread
http://www.gunauction.com/buy/9533717/pistols-for-sale/colts-patents-arms-manufacturing-company-1911a1-45acp-5bbl-c-suffix-serial-n
You can check the manufacture date here:
http://proofhouse.com/colt/index.html
ETA: choose this
Model 1911 Commercial & 1st Mod N.M. .45
on the left side for the list of dates
ETA2: I see this is about a month old thread
