first day procuction......they only made 40 that day.

[gbethu]

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Still looking for a single digit Colt 1911. This is as nearest as I could purchase. Help anyone ??????

[Mike Josephic]

I recall that #38 last year went at auction (I believe it was RIA, Rock Island Auctions) for over $140,000. However, the buyer was upset as it had a replaced barrel (common on those very Colts due to corrosion). I'm told some adjustment to the price was made to calm the buyer but I do not know the details.

So - I wish you good luck in your quest but I hope you have a large reserve in your checking account.
For a single figure Colt I would have no idea how much that could go for.

I have a number 10## which also has a replaced barrel, which is all my bank account can afford.
That was a 5 figure purchase over 10 years ago.

Good luck!

[Scott Wilson]

How about a shot of the other side.

[gbethu]

One of the first day Colt M1911s

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How about a shot of the other side.

Here is the other side of serial number 10

[stan4]

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Still looking for a single digit Colt 1911. This is as nearest as I could purchase. Help anyone ??????

gbethu,

Does No. 10 have an early barrel? If so, show us some of it's details.?

Best Regards,

[gbethu]

early 1911

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gbethu,

Does No. 10 have an early barrel? If so, show us some of it's details.?

Best Regards,

Sorry for the duplicate photos but I can't remove them without starting over. No markings that I could see.
gordon bethune

[The Wolf]

Very nice!

Best Regards from Virginia,

Chris

[stan4]

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Sorry for the duplicate photos but I can't remove them without starting over. No markings that I could see.
gordon bethune

Thank you for the barrel pictures.

Best Regards,

[Johnny P]

Barrel photos pretty blurry, but polish marks look like they are going wrong direction for early barrel. Maybe a sharper photo of chamber area would help.

[prewar]

I am not saying that is the correct barrel for the gun but the polishing marks are running the right direction (on chamber ) for a gun that early ,would like to see the cut for the link to and the shape of the lug`s and if there is any marking`s . ..

[gbethu]

I inadvertently loaded the photos I use for reference of the barrel of serial No 39, Chuck Clawson's gun. Sorry. I'll get photos of #10 , 88 and 92 after I return from vacation Sorry for the mix up. Gordon

[Rob Greer]

Am I seeing things, or is there an "S" stamped on the rear of the barrel hood?

[gbethu]

Rob, no marks at all anwehere. Used a 10x loop.

[Rob Greer]

Thanks for the confirmation! I think I should stop drinking... (Funny though... I don't drink!) It must have been something funky with the ipad.

[stan4]

gbethu,

I hope it is OK to hijack your thread a little.?



See the following thread for another early barrel?: http://www.jouster.com/forums/showth...-and-Magazines

I just read gbethu's explanation of the pictures he put up for No. 10---and they turn out to be No.39's barrel. I do not know if it is just ironic, or what I have been told over the last thirty years is true---"you (I) will only get to see one of these barrels". When I first examined No. 39 many years ago---Chuck urged me to study the barrel very closely, because I might find one some day. When I told an old cranky collector about 39 and it's barrel---He said it is the only one you will ever see! Well, I got to examine that early replacement pistol (above link), and I think I got to examine another. So, when gbethu put up pictures of an early barrel, I thought that was another one---turns out to be a barrel I have already studied. I think gbethu has other early barrels, I sure hope we get to see them! I got to examine No. 38---wrong barrel. And another two digit---wrong barrel. Another old collector, who has examined many more than me---believes the only one he has examined is in No. 39.?

I asked many times before---anyone out there (other than gbethu) willing to show us pictures of a very early unmarked Colt barrel?

Best Regards,