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A typical 1911 rebuild.....
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01-09-2011 11:56 AM
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John,
Another beautiful pistol. How long have you been collecting 1911s? You sure have picked up some beauties.
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I have been collecting for about twenty years. I had to get rid of my kids before I had enough money to begin collecting!!! I concentrate on 1911s that tell a story!! So I try to acquire firearms that first have a Navy connection and that I can identify with an individual, event or ship!! I am fortunate in that many of the firearms in my collection came to me!!! New in the box military pistols are interesting, however they are just guns without a story to tell... I would much rather have an old beat up Colt that was used for it's intended purpose, and has the documentation with it....
Here is an example, three NIB Remington Rands, a NIB Colt, and on the lower left an Ithaca that was issued to a surgeon in a MASH Unit in Korea, and a Colt that was carried by a P47N USAAF pilot in the Pacific during WW II........
Here is another example of a non military Colt. I have a letter from Colt that indicates this Super .38 was shipped to an El Paso hardware store for a Texas Ranger.. I coincidentally spoke to Ranger Rohatsch's grandson just last week...
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Beautiful pistols and gorgeous pics John, as usual ...
Thanks for posting them ..
Regards,
Doug
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Originally Posted by
NavyEngineer
John,
Another beautiful pistol. How long have you been collecting 1911s? You sure have picked up some beauties.
I have been a serious collector within the last 20 years. These guns find ME!!! A lot of folks know what kind of guns I collect, and they find me. That is why I post photos of my collection on the various Internet Forums....
John
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Glad to see another rebuild w/o an arsenal stamp. I have one I need to post pics of myself.