Later in life I had it for a time in high school, it was proof of his trust in me and my loading skills. We cast bullets, loaded them, and shot them through that pistol. My grandfather had a probably 90% finish numbers matching 1917 (Going on memory) artillery model Luger with the long barrel. It only makes other hoarders fidget and wring thier hands. Isnt going to cause constipation in the grand skeme of things. But an occasional magazine through something worth less than 3 grand No, dont make it your every day carry, or shoot matches. Happiness in life is not totally about worth, or we get right back to keeping it prestine for the next guy. It had been shot when I got it, and I too on occasion shoot it. I have a Sterling Armament MK8.only 70 in the world, of that ,only 55 are not in the Royal Arms Collection at Leeds. 1911's were everyday utilitarian guns that were not babied by uncle sam.while I would never destroy one to make a racegun, I would on occasion shoot it.be cause the guy at my estate sale probly will, and why should he have the fun I didnt allow myself? While obviously some firearms due to historic use, are best left to high dollars auction houses.45 Lugers used in army trials, and the like.īut G.I. Nobody that built a military contract firearm in WW2 would have in thier wildest dreams considered them as anything other than to use for thier intended purpose.telling them you would never be shooting it, handle it only with white cotton gloves, and keeping it in a vault would have gotten you hauled to a sanitorium lol. We are on earth a short time and a properly maintained firearm of the wood and steel variaty will well be still usable in 300 years ,aside from the odd spring or two that gives out. I have found over time that there is a fine line between collecting, and hoarding.in its strictest form it works out to "keeping it nice for you estate sale".
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Take care of yours, shoot it once in a while, and ONLY with GI ball, or equivalent loads. Had one in issue shape years ago, but that one got stolen about 2003.:mad::mad::mad: No hope of restoring that gun to GI issue condition.:( Stippled the frontstrap, swapped out parts, etc. I have a RemRand in my collection right now, but about 20 yrs ago, some one decided to turn it into a pin gun.
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Theoretically, there would be a paper trail on the gun for any work done on it during its military service, but as a practial matter, given the amount of time, and the low priority of records keeping for minor things in the old days (I personally saw hundreds of work order records tossed from my shop alone, to "make room" for something our shop sgt wanted the space for) there is virtually no chance of proving when, or if the replacement hammer was done in a GI workshop, or by someone else in the years since the gun left the service. SO, you gun could have the "wrong" hammer for the gun as it was originally made, and still be comepletely "right" for a gun in "as issued" condition. I even saw a couple of 1911 framed guns, one all original (except we replaced a battered rear sight), and another with several A1 parts.Īrmy policy from the adoption of the A1 was to maintain 1911s with A1 parts, when needed. I was a Small Arms Repairman (MOS 45B20) during the mid 70s, and I can tell you for a fact that the hammer on your gun could be completely "correct", but might not be the one it left the factory with.ĭuring my service I saw several of the Remington Rands, and other WWII guns, (the last time the army bought new 1911A1s was during WWII), and we maintained the guns with whatever parts were in the bins. The terrific thing is that as soon as you click and thing below, then you can check out all the fantastic parts pictures and a comprehensive description to see to it that it is the perfect thing that you are trying to find.Apparently the hammer isn't correct on it. It’s true and if take a look at the search results listed below, I am sure that you will certainly concur that eBay is the best restaurant to look for 1911 Wwii. Did you recognize that eBay has the most comprehensive option of 1911 Wwii from any online shop and can additionally supply the best price on 1911 Wwii? It appears that you are searching for 1911 Wwii today.
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