[ARMY_NCO]

I can't speak to early production A1s being marked that way (someone else will), but early-war replacement slides were marked as such.

I have a CMP 1911A1 Colt without “M1911 A1 U.S. ARMY” on the frame and a very low serial number. The frame is a Colt and through my research, the very first production ( 1,000 or so) were marked like this on the frame and the right side of the slide was marked with “M1911 A1 U.S. ARMY”. Would really like to find the slide to complete the pistol.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

Looking for the slide for this pistol.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

CMP TAG: SN 711***

 

[ARMY_NCO]

Okay, that's a 1937 contract frame. Finding the "correct" slide is going to be even tougher as only 2349 pistols were made that year. Also the original slide was serial numbered to the frame, so technically there is only one correct slide out there.

Thanks. Just my luck… needle in a haystack or impossible. I appreciate the info.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

II believe that's in the Navy range and would be marked as 1911 on the side.

ETA: Like DSK mentioned, it's going to be hard to near impossible to find the slide if it exists. And there's tons of other aspects of that pistol that would need "correcting", let alone the finish.

No, it’s not a Navy, DSK found a more detailed explanation of what I found.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

Pistols from 711606-712349 were procured for the U.S. Navy. But slide still marked as MODEL OF 1911 U.S. ARMY

Colt M1911A1 45ACP SN:712155 MFG:1937 - NAVY

This Colt M1911A1 was built and shipped in October of 1937 and shipped to the Springfield Armory in a 250 pistol shipment. Pistols from 711606-712349 were procured for the U.S. Navy. 1937 M1911A1's are finished in Colt's brushed blue with 28 row checkered walnut grips. The majority of 1937...

www.oldcolt.com

I see what you are saying. When you said “1911” and Navy, thought you were referring to the actual 1911 marked “US NAVY”.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

Thanks to DSK and Mlin for the information. If anyone on here can come up with the correct slide for this 1911A1, I’m very interested!

 

[ARMY_NCO]

How high will you go for "slide only"?

Do you have a slide? If so, PM me with a picture and we’ll discuss further.

 

[ARMY_NCO]

That's really cool-a 1937. Is that a recent CMP sale? There were a number of 711xxx in that serial number range assigned to the battleship USS North Carolina BB55.

Yes. I got it in Round 3. Thanks!

 

[ARMY_NCO]

ARMY_NCO,

Your No 71177X, is one of 244 (711606 - 711849) Pistols shipped 4 Aug 1937 to the Commanding Officer, Springfield Armory for the USN.

While the SPARE SLIDES were from 1938 through September 1943, there are (apparently) Surplus or Spare 1937 Slides out there. All examined have the 1937 Roll-Marks, have been COLT blue, and un-marked under the FPS. (They occasionally show up on ebay and GB.)

Best Regards,

That’s awesome! Thank you so much for the info. I’ll keep an eye out… if you see one, please let me know! Thanks again!