All, I am new to this site but it seems that there are some very knowledgable people on there that can answer this question for me. About a month ago i bought a 1911a1 made in 1943 with a serial number 11252XX. It is by far the nicest 1911 i have ever laid my hands on. I paid $1800 for it and think i did pretty good. The only problem with the pistol is that it would seem that it has a repro or aftermarket barrel that has no marking except COLT .45 AUTO at about the 12:00 position on the barrel...absolutely NO other markings. The rest of the pistol i would rate at about 99.99% and does not seem to have ever been shot. It came in a D-day bag that is very rare and the guy i bought it from said he bought and estate of firearms and this was one of the collection. I am almost certain that this gun has the original finish because you can still see the hardening marks on the front of the slide and at the slide catch. The numbers under the firing pin plate also match the frame so they match. There are absolutely no wear marks on the frame or the hammer anywhere, which is amazing. I have researched this pistol for hours but am not finding anything about this barrel. Is there any way that it could be original like the rest of the pistol? It would be strange to have a pistol as mint as this one have everything match accept the barrel. What gives??? any help with this CSI investigation would be appreciated.
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