M1911A1 with Colt Frame - CMP

[Nra-Life-Member]

Picked up my CMP Round 3 - Colt frame with GI replacement slide ( NUMAX ELECTRONICS INC NEW YORK, NY 10118-0110) - Service Grade

Mailed via US MAIL 1st class the forms on day 1
Received confirmation number 333XX. early Oct
Received call a couple of days later.
FFL received box 1 day after that.

MY FOIA REQUEST

[GM4spd]

The Colt frame looks original. If it had a matching numbered slide it would be a 3-4K gun. To the right Colt person that original frame with its checkered parts is worth 2K.

[19K]

The Colt frame looks original. If it had a matching numbered slide it would be a 3-4K gun. To the right Colt person that original frame with its checkered parts is worth 2K.

It looks like a service grade. Why would someone pay twice the value when they can be obtained from the CMP?

[GM4spd]

It looks like a service grade. Why would someone pay twice the value when they can be obtained from the CMP?

[19K]

Most of the service grades look like that. It looks like there is a partial idiot scratch.

This is the first one I pulled from the CMP forums. Most if not all service grades look like the OPs.

Most if not all CMP pistols have correct checkered parts.

[BrokerB]

looks pretty dam clean

[joefrank64k]

Man, these Round 3 pickups have been really nice!!

Nice one, OP!!

[Gryff]

My Field Grade. Received last week. RR frame (dates to 1945) with a Colt slide.

[highpower]

The Colt frame looks original. If it had a matching numbered slide it would be a 3-4K gun. To the right Colt person that original frame with its checkered parts is worth 2K.

FYI, the thumb safety is from a WWI Colt

[GM4spd]

FYI, the thumb safety is from a WWI Colt

Not necessarily,the wider ( non checkered)serrated safety occurred around 1943. One of the pictures above shows that safety. Of course small changes like that have no serial cutoff as existing parts could be used up. Not knowing the guns serial can’t tell the year. Would guess it to be between 1,088,726 and 1,208,673 serial numbers. G.H.D. ( Guy Drewry) did most of Colt inspection in 1943.
If you note my Colt military from April 30,1941 has the old style safety. Also note the small parts are Brite blue in color which were Colt commercial parts at that time and were used up as necessary.

[smle-man]

CMP service grade w/Colt frame and Ithaca slide with a HS barrel and a really bad idiot scratch! Looks like someone really worked at it since it extends into the finger relief area for the trigger.

[Nra-Life-Member]

Thanks for the information.

Per the FOIA request from 1975 to July 21 2010 - this Colt M1911A1 was stationed at the Crane Division Naval Surface Warfare Center. Would have been nice to know where it was stationed before that and what Theater of operations it was used in before tracking started.

Here are a few more pics.

[GM4spd]

Your gun is a late 1942 pistol. It’s also one of the earliest GHD inspected pistols I’ve seen. Most 1942 pistols have WB inspector marks and then GHD would have taken over sometime in late 1942. Looking at these new pictures with more details,the side where the US Property mark has a military stamp
missing which would indicate it is refinished.

[Wlee]

Toss Crane a FOIA request and see if anything pops up.

[Nra-Life-Member]