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In 1961 a gentleman was fishing in Big Bear Lake. After casting out, he began to slowly retrieve his line when it suddenly felt as though he had hooked a fish. Imagine his surprise when he pulled it in and saw that instead of a fish he had hooked a 1911.
While it was pretty rusty, he took it to a gunsmith to see if it was salvageable. Turns out that even though it was really pitted on the outside, the inside was in pretty darn good condition and all he had to do to make it shoot again is replace the barrel, trigger, safety, recoil spring and mainspring.
What is so cool about this gun (besides the story,) is that it is one of the 60,615 1911's that were produced under license from Colt at the US arsenal at Springfield. While it is rather heavily pitted, the rollmarks are still largely visible as is the serial number. That number makes it one of those produced in 1914.
While it was pretty rusty, he took it to a gunsmith to see if it was salvageable. Turns out that even though it was really pitted on the outside, the inside was in pretty darn good condition and all he had to do to make it shoot again is replace the barrel, trigger, safety, recoil spring and mainspring.
What is so cool about this gun (besides the story,) is that it is one of the 60,615 1911's that were produced under license from Colt at the US arsenal at Springfield. While it is rather heavily pitted, the rollmarks are still largely visible as is the serial number. That number makes it one of those produced in 1914.
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