One of them pistols you hope is worth what it cost...

[Scott Gahimer]

I'm sure that's what the original owner thought when he paid about 5 times as much for this pistol as what a standard DCM purchase M1911 cost in those days. In 1960, this Springfield Armory NM pistol from 1959 sold for $80.00 plus $2.85 S/H. Standard DCM pistols sold for $17.00 total, delivered.

There were only 9 total 1959 SA NM pistols sold to the public. The remainder were reworked for the next NM competition. The fellow who purchased this pistol was really thorough in the way he kept records. He retained (and I got) every single piece of correspondence he had with the military and his police department. There were dozens of pieces of paperwork, including the 1959 NM manual, sales receipt and purchaser's copy of the money order he used to pay for the pistol.

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