103 years ago

[highpower]

103 years ago on 27 March, 1918 this Colt 1911 was shipped to the Commanding Officer, Springfield Armory, Springfield MA. It is one of 429,394 shipped that year.

[M76]

[audiction]

beautiful specimen

[MARKFP]

Absolutely awesome OP!!!!!!

[bbodybill]

1911

Absolutely awesome OP!!!!!!

Beautiful... With just a "Touch"of wear showing... Love it :-)

[Spaffo]

Really nice 1911. Mine went out the same year.

[rmnc3r]

Nice!! I love seeing old work in original pristine condition.

An observation and question about the OP's gun;
The MSH Pin is driven in from the right side, which means it will be pushed out on the left side, just like the Trigger, Sear, Thumb Safety and Slide Stop Pins.

Q: is this the originally intended and practiced setup?

[Enzo rules]

Very nice, both of them.

[Im_Joe_Biden]

Very cool. Great condition.

[The Gleam]

And STILL NOT obsolete!

Imagine that...

[Spaffo]

Yeah, they will still knock your rod into the sod. LOL

[highpower]

An observation and question about the OP's gun;
The MSH Pin is driven in from the right side, which means it will be pushed out on the left side, just like the Trigger, Sear, Thumb Safety and Slide Stop Pins.

Q: is this the originally intended and practiced setup?

Good eye! You are right, it is in backwards from the normal way you see those pins installed, although it makes no practical difference in the operation of the pistol. I'm sure that sometime in it's past someone put it in wrong way around. The gun as it is pictured, is exactly the way I bought it from a very elderly retired Navy Admiral. The only thing I have done to it was remove the grip panels to make sure there was no rust under them (there wasn't) and lightly lubricate the internals.