If You Could Have Any 1911...

[You'll shoot your eye out]

I would have the 1911 colt that my father carried all through WW II. It has a star barrel and bushings (Competition grade components back then). It's too bad but my brother has it and is carrying it every day (instead of me!)

I have the combat souvenir Walther p-38. I would not trade my pistol for his, but I would take his colt if I could have ANY 1911 .45.

 

[jgreiner]

If you could have any 1911 and money was not an option, what would it be??? Try and post a picture of it.

S&W 1911Sc E series Bobtail

 

[CPT Nervous]

Most expensive one out there, so I could sell it to buy Glocks and Sigs.

 

[GONZO!!!]

I like the Kimber with the old school charcoal bluing and ivory grips...add the Nighthawk T3 Comp and a gorgeous leather holster!!!

 

[ryan3030]

Details man!

 

[TomN]

Singer 1911.

 

[Colts]

One of these Colts:

 

[Sweetums]

I'll take the .45ACP flavor.

 

[gajones06]

It would have to be an ed brown kobra two tone or a kimber raptor

 

[John Galt]

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Guncrafter Industries #1 .50 cal with Doug Turnbull charcoal bluing, Wilson speed blade sight on the rear and gold bead up front with a Wilson magwell, naked slide, but with top slide serrations, 3.5 lb. trigger and recessed slide stop. Just got it today!

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

If I could have any 1911, I would take a G19 or a second generation Taurus 24/7 (pictured in my avatar). The 1911s just to not work for me. Small payload and touchy trigger. Just not my thing.

Ya'll go ahead on, though, and enjoy your 1911. They work for many folks.

Finger isnt supposed to be on the trigger unless you are ready to shoot anyway, in that case its crisp, not touchy lol.

But wanting a taurus, any taurus over a 1911 should get your ltch revoked. Glock I get, but taurus

 

[ghitch75]

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Guncrafter Industries #1 .50 cal with Doug Turnbull charcoal bluing, Wilson speed blade sight on the rear and gold bead up front with a Wilson magwell, naked slide, but with top slide serrations, 3.5 lb. trigger and recessed slide stop. Just got it today!

pic of the left side please....want to see the recessed slide stop...

 

[John Galt]

pic of the left side please....want to see the recessed slide stop...

My bad, I misspoke. It's a "flush cut slide stop". But, I still like it ...

 

[Co Th G]

 

[.452browning]

Singer...

 

[STEEL CORE]

Already own it, 1915 produced Colt 1911, with three notches filied in the frame, after shooting at least three Mexicans during the 1916 Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa.

 

[Roscoe38]

HI what

If I could choose any 1911, I'd probably go with an Ed Brown Kobra Carry:

But I'm a HiPower guy. My first dream handgun choice is a Renaissance HiPower:

Does all that engraving do anything but drive up the price? ..... makes me wonder ?????

 

[xcalibur]

 

[TheReaper]

This one!
Clyde Barrow 1911 Army Colt .45 Pistol RR Auction Preview




Clyde Barrow 1911 Army Colt .45 Pistol

The gun that Clyde kept closest to his grasp: a 1911 Colt .45, removed from his waistband at the time of his death and kept by Frank Hamer

Clyde Barrow’s Colt Model 1911 Government Model Semi-auto pistol, removed from his waistband after the ambush by Texas and Louisiana lawmen on May 23, 1934. This is a standard US Army pistol of World War I vintage, #164070, cal. .45 ACP, and according to the included Colt factory letter was delivered to Springfield Armory on June 28, 1917. The frame marked with inspector Gilbert H. Stewart’s circular stamp and the forward left side of the frame has light scratches where the “U.S. Property” marking was removed. The barrel has a good bore and is inscribed with an intertwined “HP” proofmark. The metal is not pitted and has an attractive gray/brown patina with a good deal of original bright factory blue on the left side of the frame and on the small parts. All of the factory markings are in excellent condition and the ‘double diamond’ walnut grips show moderate wear.

With the Colt is a notarized letter from former Special Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, Jr., dated December 18, 1973 in which he states that this pistol, #164070, was removed from the “waistband of Clyde Barrow’s trousers the morning that he and Bonnie Parker were killed by my father in Louisiana.” He goes on to say “This pistol is also described and pictured in my father’s book I’m Frank Hamer.” He also states that “this pistol was believed to have been stolen from the federal arsenal in Beaumont, Texas,” and that the federal government gave this Colt to his father.

‘Seldom did anyone ever live when Clyde got the first shot,’ warned a newsreel of the day. But on this day, Clyde didn’t have the chance to reach for his gun, let alone shoot it. If he did, this would have been the gun that he grabbed: tucked into his waistband for easy access, this 1911 Colt .45 was inches away from the trigger-finger that killed at least a half dozen men during the two-year spree that led to his final day. Of all the guns found in their death car, this is the most closely related to Clyde Barrow and accordingly, the most fascinating and valuable.

This transfers as a modern firearm.

Provenance:
U.S. Armory at Springfield
National Guard Armory at Beaumont, Texas
Clyde Barrow
Texas Ranger Frank Hamer
Special Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, Jr.
The Raymond Brown Collection
Tom Keilman Auctioneers, 1986
Robert E. Davis

 

[atalon]

I don't have one yet, but looking at the new U.S. Marine Colt 1911. Looking pretty nice. Wish I could get one of these.