A very interesting Pearl Harbor Colt used by the US Navy..

[mike radford]

With only about 56,000 1911A1's completed by the date the pistol was issued, one would expect the 1911 to be the primary pistol of issue. That one is most interesting and a piece of history for sure. Thanks for posting John.

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[enbloc8]

Interesting to see that the unit value of an M1911 was $15.92 in 1941. (Not exactly pocket change in those days!)

(Move the decimal over two spaces and it'd probably be pretty close!)

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With only about 56,000 1911A1's completed by the date the pistol was issued, one would expect the 1911 to be the primary pistol of issue. That one is most interesting and a piece of history for sure. Thanks for posting John.

Not to mention, wouldn't the 1911A1s supplied to the Navy have been going straight to newly-constructed ships?