1911 North American #5

[Scott Gahimer]

Here is the NAA slide address on #77


Here is the serrated slide stop on #77


Here is the slide serial number on #77


Here is the slide serial number on #87


Here is the slide serial number on #5


Here is the NAA slide address and serrated slide stop on #63

[KeithNyst]

And here is #63s slide SN on pic linked to the GunAmerica posting I referred to previously


And the slide stop on number 63

[KeithNyst]

And this is #78 located in the museum at the citadal in Quebec City. Also, if you did not catch it, in this thread we've just seen a pairing of consecutive SNs ... this one and Scott's #77.

[Johnny P]

The photos seem to bear out that all the original pistols have serifed serial numbers on the slide, with the same style serifed number on the trigger.

[westgard]

it most likely will also have the serial number stamped under the left grip somewhere...

[Johnny P]

The reference to the numbers was more to the style rather than the location, but is the number under the left grip the serif style also?

[Rob Greer]

The reference to the numbers was more to the style rather than the location, but is the number under the left grip the serif style also?

I will need to confirm, but I do believe all of the serial numbers are the same font.

[Scott Gahimer]

I will need to confirm, but I do believe all of the serial numbers are the same font.

Here, let me save you the trouble.

[Johnny P]

Yep, it sure is.

[westgard]

Hi Johnny, that was my only point, if you were checking to see if the were all the same font, that there was also one more spot to check!

[Scott Gahimer]

I show about 70 1024 x 768 images of NAA #77 in the Gallery at my site, accessible to subscribers only. However, I show most all the same images, but smaller, in a slide show on the home page for non-members.

[Rob Greer]

Here, let me save you the trouble.

Thanks for that!

#55 is a known example that I believe has changed hands sometime within the last year or so. I might have some pics of it at home... I'll have to hunt for them.

[KeithNyst]

Here's link to a pic of #55 that oldcanuck uploaded on a different site. Haven't seen posts from him for awhile; hope he's ok.

[Duane Hansen]

So number "5" is the only example that has been shown that doesn't have a serified serial number. It also has a checkered slide stop where all the others seem to be serrated. Is this because it is very early in production or ?

[Scott Gahimer]

No. 5 also has a checkered hammer with a different profile than any other known NAA pistols I am aware of. Most NAA hammers are smooth (no knurling at all). #87 has some checkering, a similar profile to #77...but is still machined differently. The hammers in numbers 77 and 78 are identical. They are both smooth and have exactly the same contours. NAA #80 at the recent Morphy auction was interesting. Like a few other known NAA pistols, the slide stop on it was void of serrations. They just didn't get machined into some of the pieces.