A complete Garand with all matching parts. > Oh, nothing much, just a little something to remember you by. Gotta go do my favoriteĬhore, raking Oak leaves. Other then the info I just gave you, I don't know much more about it, Thanks for your help, it's appreciated.

The front fo the frame has been stippled. The recoil spring plug has a dimple on the front of it also. The mag is blued, and says Colt 45 Auto on the bottom. Also says Dec 1905, feb 14 1911, Aug 19 1913, on the left side of the slide. It also has a flat, smooth, mainspring housing, with a lanyard loop on it. The barrel lug has what looks like a square with a C or G in the square, on the left side of the lug. The barrel says Colt 45 auto in small letters on the top of the barrel. There are also the initials TF on the right side of the frame, just above the grip. Also on the slide there are the numbers 4, and 8.All of this is on the bottom of the slide forward of the The slide has a G with what looks like a small square cutting into the G. There is a square with the initials RS inside it, just to the right of the disconnector, on the top of the frame. No, It doesn't have the cuts for the Swartz safety, either on the slide, or frame. Post a picture so they can see what the numbers and other markings look like. Some pretty knowledgeable guys hang out there and may have more ideas.

I suggest taking this one to (no registration required) and ask the question on the service pistol forum. Ordinarily I take those stories as just stories but, again if the gun is 'correct', the experts say it does not exist, so where it has been would be only part of the mystery. (If they KNEW C215083 was the highest number, why not start at C215084?)Īs to the pistol's use in WWII, I can't comment. Else, jumping almost 6000 numbers would not seem reasonable. I think the fact that the numbering was started at C221001 after the war indicates that Colt may have been unsure of the exact cut off number and wanted to make sure that there was no duplication.

But supposedly the last civilian gun made before civilian production stopped was C215083, per Colt records, and it was included in those renumbered and shipped to the military.Īssuming that the gun and number are correct (note that assumption), I can only guess that C215083 may have been the pistol being produced at that time, but the serial number was out of order and that higher number pistols had actually been made and shipped. The 'C' numbers were obliterated, the pistols renumbered in the M1911A1 military series, and shipped as part of Colt's government order. When the war started, Colt had over 6500 commercial ('C' number) pistols in stock. But they didn't ship pistols in order to the civilian market. As you say, it contradicts some supposedly pretty solid information, and may well be an example of 'there are always exceptions'.Ĭolt pistols were numbered before final finish but were pretty much kept in order.

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