M1911A1s aboard the USS North Carolina during WWII

[Shooter5]

But there is one in the 9 million serial number range. A local called me up to tell me about his new Ithaca, and wanted me to look at it. One look and it was obvious the pistol was a total fake, as all the slide and receiver markings had been pantographed. Only after I made pictures I noticed that what I thought was a serial number in the low 900,000 range was actually in the 9 million range. The pantograph operator had put one too many digits in the serial number, making it a really unique fake.

Yes, the little known Colt/RemRand/Ithaca/Singer/USS&S "post-war" production run from 3 mil into the 9 mil range! Which is apparently still on-going - I wonder if those company CEO's know there is still a factory floor team building them?, Haha!

[Doug Douglass]

Well I can account for one of the pistols on the list, half of it anyway. I've got 711699's slide in the parts bin.
Neat, thanks for posting!

You just may find the other half.

A couple of years ago a guy found his grandfathers WWII issued Ithaca 1911A1 that he sold in the 90's for rent money. He found it Googling a CSP discussion about Ithaca's where the serial number was listed. The rest of the story is I was the present owner of that Ithaca, the grandson e-mailed me through CSP and now it is back in his gun safe in CA.

You never know.