Al Capone's 45 auto up for sale ...

[dogtag]

Here's your chance to add Capone's 45 to your other treasures;
Patton's SAA and Hitlers Walther.

Auction, Sacramento Oct 8

[lyman]

this it will make the numbers posted??

Another highlight from the estate is a 1911 semi-automatic, 0.45-caliber pistol, with an estimate of between US$100,000 and US$150,000.

[dogtag]

this it will make the numbers posted??

Another highlight from the estate is a 1911 semi-automatic, 0.45-caliber pistol, with an estimate of between US$100,000 and US$150,000.

I was going to bid $150. Oh well.

[Allen]

I had the money saved up but had to go buy groceries and a tank of gas. Thanks Joe.

[Allen]

Sold for $860,000

https://www.yahoo.com/news/capones-belongings-least-3-million-181040372.html

[Johnny P]

Looks like it has a Micro rear sight, and I believe Micro dates to 1947 which is 16 years after Al went to prison. Looks like a parts gun.

[Allen]

Capone died in 1947 at home with his gun. Released from prison in 1939.

[Tom Trevor]

The Colt single action said to have been used by Pat Garret to kill billy the kid. six million.
The 50-70 trapdoor Springfield sporting rifle that was buried with wild Bill Hickok then removed from the coffin when he was moved to Mt. Moriah cemetery over 400.000. Bet it was rusty.

[Johnny P]

Think maybe on his deathbed he told the family to have Micro sights put on his pistol as soon as Micro went into business?

[Allen]

Think maybe on his deathbed he told the family to have Micro sights put on his pistol as soon as Micro went into business?

Since he had the mind of a 12 year old at time of death due to syphilis I doubt it but anyone in the guns possession from 1947 till now could have. The gun had been openly modified with the engraved slide, stippled frame, grips and apparent re-blue. The rear sight may have been a replacement for a broken previous target rear sight used by Capone, who knows?

No where on the auction site have I seen that the gun is suppose to be EXACTLY like it was when owned by Capone. That doesn't make it "not Capone's gun".

Whoever paid close to $1 million for it seems to be OK with it.

[Johnny P]

Jesse James mother sold his revolvers, and when she sold out she bought some more to sell.

The frame is a first year production, and the slide is 1920 or later.

[PWC]

I have Washington's hatchet. The handle was replaced 3 times and the head only once

[Allen]

I have a few guns that could be considered parts guns or not in factory original condition. Nevertheless, they are still mine.

[JimF]

Then there is the old story of Jesse James? mother . . . .
She is said to have sold many, many, many guns that ?she said? belonged to her outlaw son!
(Here we go with query marks instead of quotation and apostrophe marks . . . .AGAIN)

[Johnny P]

Not unusual at all for military guns to be mis-matched, but highly unusual for commercial guns, regardless of ownership.