A Navy Heartbreaker

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • usmc69
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 887

    #1

    A Navy Heartbreaker

    The LGS just got in a real heartbreaker. It is a M1911 with a MODEL OF 1911 U.S. NAVY slide. The heartbreaker is the frame has S/N NO 9808 on it. By my source this frame was shipped to San Antonio Arsenal, Texas on 11/1/12.
    USMC 1969-1993 6333/8153/9999
    USMC Combat Pistol & Shotgun Instructor
    FBI Rangemaster
  • joem
    Senior Member, Deceased
    • Aug 2009
    • 11835

    #2
    Still if the price is right it would be a interesting addition to any collection.

    Comment

    • Ken Hill
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2011
      • 208

      #3
      Originally posted by usmc69
      The LGS just got in a real heartbreaker. It is a M1911 with a MODEL OF 1911 U.S. NAVY slide. The heartbreaker is the frame has S/N NO 9808 on it. By my source this frame was shipped to San Antonio Arsenal, Texas on 11/1/12.
      AJ ..... If could only talk!
      /Ken Hill

      "Reason is not automatic. Those that deny it cannot be conquered by it!" Ayn Rand

      Comment

      • Scott Wilson
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 507

        #4
        So..... What do they want for it? What barrel does it have?

        Comment

        • usmc69
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 887

          #5
          Haven't asked a price yet, and don't think the shop has decided on what to try to ask for it. Barrel is marked COLT .45 AUTO on the left side with a G in front of the lug.
          USMC 1969-1993 6333/8153/9999
          USMC Combat Pistol & Shotgun Instructor
          FBI Rangemaster

          Comment

          • SPEEDGUNNER
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 729

            #6
            Why a heartbreaker? That is a pistol with a story to tell...
            "There's a race of men that don't fit in,
            A race that can't stay still;
            So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
            And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service

            Comment

            • Johnny P
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 6259

              #7
              Are the slide and receiver still in original finish, or has it been refinished? Sadly, collector prices are based on originality and condition, and not the story the pistol tells. Slide could have been swapped at any time in the last 100 plus years, and barrel is 1911A1.

              Comment

              • usmc69
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2009
                • 887

                #8
                Originally posted by Johnny P
                Are the slide and receiver still in original finish, or has it been refinished? Sadly, collector prices are based on originality and condition, and not the story the pistol tells. Slide could have been swapped at any time in the last 100 plus years, and barrel is 1911A1.

                Looks to be the original finish to me. Several years ago I bought a M1911 with the correct Army Slide and barrel that would have gone on this pistol..........wish I still had them. Funny part is it came from the same shop.
                Last edited by usmc69; 12-05-2015, 03:51.
                USMC 1969-1993 6333/8153/9999
                USMC Combat Pistol & Shotgun Instructor
                FBI Rangemaster

                Comment

                • Johnny P
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 6259

                  #9
                  You always manage to get rid of the things you will need later on.

                  Comment

                  • usmc69
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 887

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Johnny P
                    You always manage to get rid of the things you will need later on.
                    That is the story of my life as they say.............
                    USMC 1969-1993 6333/8153/9999
                    USMC Combat Pistol & Shotgun Instructor
                    FBI Rangemaster

                    Comment

                    • Waltherman
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2010
                      • 159

                      #11
                      Originally posted by usmc69
                      Haven't asked a price yet, and don't think the shop has decided on what to try to ask for it. Barrel is marked COLT .45 AUTO on the left side with a G in front of the lug.
                      That WW-2 Colt "G" barrel, depending on condition, would be easy to trade for a WW-1 barrel, I would think.

                      Comment

                      Working...