Nice 1918 made North American Arms Company Limited Colt Model 1911

A friend of mine picked this nice and excellent condition one up recently and I thought I would let people here who have never heard of or seen one, to see what they look like.

Only 100 were made before the US government cancelled the contract with the end of WW1.

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A very rare and coveted piece!

Most that frequent here are familiar, some have never seen on up close though. I saw one in the museum at the Citadel in Quebec City in '96 I think it was. I don't personally know anyone that has one though. Yours didn't travel far in 101 years... Yours is in pretty nice shape, I've seen them displayed in everything from as new to just about done in...

This one sold last year for $218,500 USD!

North American Arms - 1911 | Rock Island Auction

That answers that then. I was wondering what it sold for. They used to be somewhere around $20,000. We had quite a bunfight about them here years ago...

Very nice and sometimes reproduced. What is the serial number on this one?

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Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill

Very nice and sometimes reproduced. What is the serial number on this one?

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I believe he told me it was number 44

Currently one for sale on oldguns.ca for $60,000 CDN SN# 4444 apparently one of the original NA Arms prototypes which were numbered 1111, 2222, 3333,4444, etc I had a couple of friends that sold theirs about 15 years ago for around 10 g US

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Originally Posted by #1oilman

Currently one for sale on oldguns.ca for $60,000 CDN SN# 4444 apparently one of the original NA Arms prototypes which were numbered 1111, 2222, 3333,4444, etc I had a couple of friends that sold theirs about 15 years ago for around 10 g US

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That's my friend and his one!

Would your friend be interested in selling. I am in Orangeville, ON. Thanks Perry

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Originally Posted by colt5136

Would your friend be interested in selling. I am in Orangeville, ON. Thanks Perry

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Yes I think he is Perry, go to the website mentioned in post #8 to contact him, tell him Owengun told you about it! He is not a member here.

Thanks for the info. Ya I have been looking at that one for a while. I think I just bought it. Its a really nice piece to add to my collection

I remember probably fifteen years ago I made an odyssey to a certain major Midwestern-US arms dealer, accompanied by an older friend who specialized in Lugers (my fault)...while he was pawing through the Luger Room and negotiating with the boss, I was looking through the case of .45s. I saw what looked like a nice M1911 and asked to see it...the clerk placed it in my hands. Upon seeing it was a North American, and instinctively knowing what price tag came with it, I cringed and treated it as one might a medieval holy relic....

Hmm, what is a proper Gregorian chant to go with a .45....

This is actually my gun. Serial # 444 which is one of the prototypes which were stamped 111, 222, 333, 444, 555

Interesting place this gun lives, I've done my share of time in Borden and Meaford... These pistols are really something, there's on in the Citadel museum in Quebec and it's about perfect... Yours is very nice. At least I've seen them up close, unlike many. Don't suppose we could get a full set of pics?