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Not not that SA, the original one in Springfield MA.
I have posted this one up a couple of times before, but everyone seems to enjoy it enough so I decided to throw it up again in contrast to the previous two Colts I posted up earlier.
The story on this one is that back in 1961 it was hooked while bottom fishing in Big Bear Lake. The fellow that caught it replaced the barrel, safety, grips and springs and proceeded to shoot it occasionally for the next 50 years. He sold it to me back in 2011 as he was getting up there in years and had no real use for it anymore.
And before the net nannies get started (please don't), it was retrieved in 1961 and it had obviously been in the water for many years prior to it being fished up. Whatever it's previous history may have been, it has since been lost to time. When found it had an empty chamber and contained a full magazine. Judging by the amount of decay, I suspect that it fell out of a fisherman's boat or holster many years earlier.
This one was made in 1914 and one of the last ones accepted into government that same year. It is the oldest 1911 I currently possess. While the outside is, shall we say a little rough, inside, it is actually pretty nice with zero pitting on the interior surfaces. I used to shoot it periodically but the last time I took it out I noticed that the slide release/thumb safety detent spring tube is starting to deteriorate to the point where I think it is about to self destruct. I could replace it, but I prefer to leave it alone as I have other 1911's that I can shoot so I decided to retire it to safe queen status.
Here it is with a pistol belt, mag pouch w/magazines and holster all dating from 1918 or earlier.
I have posted this one up a couple of times before, but everyone seems to enjoy it enough so I decided to throw it up again in contrast to the previous two Colts I posted up earlier.
The story on this one is that back in 1961 it was hooked while bottom fishing in Big Bear Lake. The fellow that caught it replaced the barrel, safety, grips and springs and proceeded to shoot it occasionally for the next 50 years. He sold it to me back in 2011 as he was getting up there in years and had no real use for it anymore.
And before the net nannies get started (please don't), it was retrieved in 1961 and it had obviously been in the water for many years prior to it being fished up. Whatever it's previous history may have been, it has since been lost to time. When found it had an empty chamber and contained a full magazine. Judging by the amount of decay, I suspect that it fell out of a fisherman's boat or holster many years earlier.
This one was made in 1914 and one of the last ones accepted into government that same year. It is the oldest 1911 I currently possess. While the outside is, shall we say a little rough, inside, it is actually pretty nice with zero pitting on the interior surfaces. I used to shoot it periodically but the last time I took it out I noticed that the slide release/thumb safety detent spring tube is starting to deteriorate to the point where I think it is about to self destruct. I could replace it, but I prefer to leave it alone as I have other 1911's that I can shoot so I decided to retire it to safe queen status.
Here it is with a pistol belt, mag pouch w/magazines and holster all dating from 1918 or earlier.
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