Hello
What are your thoughts on this pistol?
It came with a few grips.
The grips on the pistol now are pewter.
Re-worked for WW2?
What would be the value of something like this?
Thank you very much for your time and help
Tony
M1911 U.S. army 45 Pistol
Hello
What are your thoughts on this pistol?
It came with a few grips.
The grips on the pistol now are pewter.
Re-worked for WW2?
What would be the value of something like this?
Thank you very much for your time and help
Tony
What makes you think that the decorative grips are wartime? Certainly they are hardly practical. More likely they are post war embellishments.
If it were me, I'd probably try to find some original grips for it. Especially if it's a WW2-era piece.
B.B.
According to the serial its 1945 manufacture, so it is tentative to call it WW2 as it may not have seen that much action (although it has a lovely ware patina to it).
Nicely tooled pewter grips. They would have appealed to General Patton, if no one else.
Grips aside, it's certainly a beautiful piece. Even if it didn't see much action, it's a nice vintage pistol regardless.
You don't need to be a 'gun person' to appreciate the fine workmanship of a 1911.
B.B.
Yep, it's a nice pistol for sure but I don't think any combat soldier would even consider such grips. Largely because he would not have the time and had plenty of more serious stuff to think about but mainly because they are hugely impractical and would adversley affect grip by their profile and texture espescially when hands are dirty, greasy and sweaty as they would be most of the time. These are obviously civilian after market items that for me detract from the appearance of a fairly salty if late war military sidearm.
Oh, once again we don't like to talk values here except where someone might say "I paid X for this, did I get a good deal?" we definately do not provide a valuation service. A google search will help with that. Sorry.
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Hello
Thank you all for the help and info.
I am not a knowledgeable gun person, so I really appreciate it.
Thanks again
Tony
Nice gun. The frame is Remington Rand manufactured in the early part of 1945. The slide is Ithaca. The slide has been refinish and is pitted. The grips are not original to the gun. Interesting grips. The value is a shooter. Go out and have some fun with it.
John
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