Now I need to pick the closest period holster for it: You want to trade it to someone who has a really rusty and pitted one so you won't feel guilty about desecrating a collectible item.Īlso what size grips does this gun need, and do normal 1911 magazines work in it? Normal Colt 1911 grips and normal 1911 magazines. Lee: what would permanently modify the gun? New trigger, hammer, sear, and beavertail wouldn't hurt correct? Do you mean like installing new sights that require drilling and things like that? You do not want to modify it in any way. The photo actually makes it look better than it is. Nerd: Ill have to pass on the trade, yours looks dirty!! That's not dirt! That's rust and pitting! This is one from the last batch imported. Argentina wreath found on most non-civilian versions of the pistol (although it does not appear on the CFS ones). There is some kind of stamp/crest with flowers to the left of the writing, looks like a wreath. If it is in as good a condition as it looks, that would not be a bad idea to keep it as pristine as possible. Most of these pistols observed have been refinished, but the example shown in Clawson appears to retain the original finish as well as the “Prancing Colt”.Notice the RA in a circle stamp on the receiver, barrel, and hammer.This marking indicates “Republic Argentina” and was applied by Argentinean inspectors at Colts.I may just have to shoot this beauty soon and see how it goes, and I will try to leave it how it is and buy another 1911 to mess around with. This pistol does show the normal Colts “Prancing Pony” on the left. These guns have the serial numbers in three places, the barrel, the slide and on the receiver frame under the main spring housing.Also notice the G marking on top of the receiver that would normally indicate “Government Order”.The corresponding mark under the slide is faint enough that it cannot be identified precisely and may be a “S” for “Sales”.Under the left stock, and around the upper grip screw bushing are the three commercial inspection marks normally applied to visible areas of the pistol.Below the bushing if the Colts “Verified” proof mark, “VP” normally applied to the upper left trigger guard bow just below the final inspector’s mark.Behind the bushing is the Colts final inspectors mark, “S” (normally applied at the top of the left trigger guard bow.)In front of the bushing, is the Colts assemblers mark, “20” normally applied to the top right trigger guard bow. This contract is unique in that it had its own serial number range starting at serial of: 1 to 10,000, and the pistols were marked in accordance with Argentine requirements.The only normal Colts markings are the standard left hand slide legend. In 1927 Colt manufactured 10,000 1911A1s for the Argentinean Army.
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