I sent mine in too and hadn't heard anything till I got an email on April 1st Friday, that it had been sent. So don't give up hope!
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I sent mine in too and hadn't heard anything till I got an email on April 1st Friday, that it had been sent. So don't give up hope!
Frank that really tough, hope you get better real soon! I have a farm in East Texas where I do most of my shooting. It will have to wait till next week though.
Underwood w/ Underwood 4/44 barrel
Inland trigger housing w/ LGK OO Austrian markings
NPM slide
IBM flat bolt
New CMP stock
All metal has been refinished except the blued bolt.
Overall a nice...
Mine will be delivered in the morning 4/4/2016. I will post some pics!
After double checking 1944 Colts did not start until 1,609,529 so my 1,174,xxx is a 1943.
Large G on 1942 and Small G on 1944- Thanks!
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Large G on 1942 and Small G on 1944, Thanks!
Collector of US military weapons mainly with a few S&W's, Colt's, Browning's & Winchester's thrown in for good measure!
I have a couple of books on 1911's, neither explain the letter codes on the bottom of Colt barrels. I have two Colt's a 1942 853,xxx and 1943 1,174,xxx. Both have the same barrel with
Colt 45 Auto...