Hi and welcome to the forum

Pictures would be helpful to determine what you have.

Does it look similar to this military 1911 made in 1913 (it has been refinished) ?

 

Hi and welcome to the forum

Pictures would be helpful to determine what you have.

Does it look similar to this military 1911 made in 1913 (it has been refinished) ?

Classic12: Looks just like that. Everything is identical, right down to the place of manufacture.

 

There should be a prefix.
No 59000 is a military contract pistol made in 1913,
C59000 is a commercial gun made in 1917.

Either way, the serial number is not repeated on any other part, it isn't like a Luger.

Colt numbered the slide only from 1937 until 1943 when it was dropped to save a step in wartime manufacture. On those guns, the slide number is under the firing pin stop. There won't be one on your gun, unless it got swapped around during an arsenal overhaul.

 

There's no prefix on the serial number. Only the Letter "No 59xxx". Thanks for the information.

 

Welcoe aboard!

FYI; the PT is short for PATENT , Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co.

 

Unlike with many European small arms of the era US gun companies generally didn't bother with putting the serial number on all the major parts. On a commercial or military-issue 1911 the frame will be the only component so marked. Some foreign-manufactured 1911s were an exception of course, such as the Norwegian M/1914 and the Argentine Modelo 1927.

 

The Brazilian surplus 1911A1 slides I've bought/used in the past had what I believe is the ser.no. on the right side.

 

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