A New In The Box Colt M1911A1...

[SA M1Dom]

Jeez those magazines haven't seen the light of day in exactly 70 years. I assume anyway. As much as I would want to shoot that gun I would be very reluctant to start unpacking that stuff.

[Duane Hansen]

John is alive and well, still living in Missoula Montana and loving life. He just doesn't frequent these Forums nearly as often as he used too.

[Mikecp@2022]

Hi John, wow... A dream, kind of a M1911A1 every collectors would like to own, thanks to show us.
A question: I have a complete box of .45 cartridges 'Pistol Ball' shells in metal like you show us with Repacked E.C. 7-44 wrote on it what is that means?
Thanks

[DaveN]

There are many nice collectable colts that are very nice and if you own one and feel the need to shoot it(considering they have all been shot at one time) then go for it. My opinion is a gun like this in its pristine original packing with all the goodies and un fired now that is rare and very special indeed. The fact that it's been un packed, well you have to look at and admire it and certainly handle with glee but shoot it to what end. Most likely depreciation of considerable amounts of $$$$$. JMHO.

[Bruce McAskill]

Repack EC 7-44 means that the ammo was put into spam cans at Evansville Chrysler in July 1944. Most of the time the ammo was taken out of normal ammo cans and placed into the spam cans for long time storage as it would not needed at the front anytime soon. EC was the company that developed the spam can.

[Johnny Peppers]

Really not wise to pay collector price for something new in the box and then use it as a shooter. Shooters are easy to find and much cheaper.

[dsk]

Many of today's generation isn't interested in inheriting these icky old guns. A couple of years ago there was a sickening news video posted online about some guy who inherited his dad's M1911A1, and he donated it to some liberal, anti-gun metalwork artist who promptly heated it up in a blast furnace, squished it flat with a sledgehammer, and welded it and bunch of other squished guns to a steel framework that was going up in a park to "memorialize all the victims of senseless gun violence". As far as I was concerned that was an act of senseless violence on a gun, one that helped fight for that stupid artist's right to make political statements without ending up in prison. The idiot son was shown talking about how he felt so much better that a weapon of war was going to be used in a piece of art meant to promote peace. I guess the idea that he gave away his dad's $1800+ pistol to be destroyed didn't bother him.

[gundoc2112]

Similar happened in my family. My uncle passed away and left his daughter his 1911 (that he picked up on the beach in Normandy and carried the rest of the way),a mauser, and an MP40. She promptly gave them to the f'n DC metro police. SMDH. I still won'T speak to her.