Yes they did...but with plastic stocks rather than the WWI style wood that I have on mine...
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2000 production...
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Yes they did...but with plastic stocks rather than the WWI style wood that I have on mine...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ltRepro001.jpg
2000 production...
You could get a Colt 1991 with the old roll mark that was originally done in a matte blue finish. Have it refinished in either gunine parkerized , or Norrell`s makes a modern spray on finish that duplicates the parkerized finished. Brownells carries the short trigger, and the original style hammer, and mainspring housing with lanyard loop. Amherst Depot has the plastic WW II style grips. I did it to one of mine and it came out very nice. It`s my favorite Colt. If the rollmarks are that important, you could try calling the custom shop at Colt and see what they might be able to do for you.
The first centerfire pistol I ever shot was a DCM Remington Rand on Easter, 1959 with my Dad. A year or so later he paid the owner $25 and put it under the Christmas Tree for me. I still have it, although I foolishly had it reparked. My second one was a minty RR that I paid $45 for. It "evolved" quite a bit. I went through Gunsite with it and it now spends most of its time as a chassis for a Colt conversion unit. Obviously neither is of interest to a collector anymore. They're not for sale, either...
I have a few more 1911s, from 1913 guns to a stainless SA mil-spec and enjoy them all. I can't (and won't) pay the ridiculous prices for an original when I lucked into a couple 50 years ago. They are a part of the past like the teenage kid I was and mom's cooking. Life moves on. All I know is that 1911s have be one of the best parts of the journey.
My notion would be an SA GI for what it is, and to do my best to wear it out.
I have the Auto Ordnance, Now even though ive never had a problem the only real issue with it is the accuracy. I hadnt shot it in a long time and when ever i would shoot POI was always low and to the right. After further inspection i noticed the barrel has a defect along the rifling. There is a burr inside and im past my warranty so im SOL. Other than that it has been a great first 1911 for a GI issue. Would i buy another AO ? No spend a few more bucks and get a quality firearm.
Dan
Yup. So did a lot of other WWII firearms. Shooter-grade unmolested Kar98s (w. intact waffenamts) were pretty reasonably priced until that movie came out. Gun show one had them in the $600-$700 range (and notably NOT selling), next month, none under $1000 and actually saw a few sell. USGI WWII stuff went positively insane.
I plunked down $350 for a RIA GI model a couple years back: I bought it as a joke, and made the mistake of shooting it before I screwed with it.
It's a good shooter, for sure, and while I don't care for the billboard on the side, it's way more than $350 worth of gun. Plus, I like buying from the Phillipines, as it supports the GWOT.