100 year Commemorative

[oldcanuck]

I will commemorate the birthday of the M1911 by buying another first year production 1912 M1911 for my collection. As mentioned earlier, commemorative examples are very poor investments, with zero history. If your'e planning on collecting something, it helps if it's the real thing.

[dsk]

Colt has issued many commemorative pistols over the years, probably too many. Almost all of them are typically worth the same or less than a plain vanilla Government Model of the same vintage. Examples are the WW1/WW2 commemoratives released in 1967 that rarely sell online for more than $800 or so, when a plain blued Government Model from the same year is easily worth $1500 or more.

Right now the best "new" Colts from a collectibility standpoint are the O1911/O1918 WW1 Replicas. While they'll never be worth as much as an original, the fact is Colt did a good job on them and most folks agree they look really nice, which is bound to help with future value.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I put my order in for an Ed Brown Classic Custom - Centennial edition on January 6th. They must have waited until they received a certain amount of orders because my dealer called and they said they had started on them a month ago.

I already own a regular Ed Brown Custom Classic, Kobra carry, Ed Brown Limited Edition Jeff Cooper 1911's.

I have never owned an engraved pistol. I just like the look of it. It was a retirement gift to myself. And believe it or not my wife told me to guy it.

The Classic Custom I have now shoots 1"-1 1/4" at 25 yards.

Ed Brown Products, 1911, parts

[Buntlineguy]

If it's what you want and it makes you happy to have it, then it is money well spent.
Enjoy,
B