If only the Monarch Butterfly could match the miraculous metamorphous The Southern California dealer described the pistol as having 99+% originalįinish and had the original shipping box.
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Its serial number was IDENTICAL to one of the pistols sold at the It did not have the normal British proofs. The pistol differed from normal Canadian Lend Lease pistols in that Nationally advertised Southern California dealer of US military pistols. (The plotĪ Canadian Lend Lease pistol appeared in the catalog of a well-known, Numbers electric penciled in the right side of the slide. These pistols were all described as 70% original finish with property Property marked M1911A1 pistols were sold at auction in the USA. “Evil Handguns” by selling them to the “Yanks,” and about 6 Canadian Several years ago the Canadian Government decided to get rid of their Mark” but did not receive any of the normal British proofs. TheseĬanadian prison pistols received the “Broad Arrow enclosed in a “C” Were apparently used in Canadian prisons and possibly elsewhere. Therefore a normal Canadian 1911A1 pistol will have both the broadĪrrow-C marks on the receiver and slide, but will have the normal BritishĬanadian Lend Lease pistols were returned to England after the war as some Proofs at the time they were disposed of. Were proof marked on the receiver, slide, and barrel with normal British Were returned to England after the war, and due to British proof laws, they To make things even more interesting, most of the Canadian pistols Left of the receiver above the magazine release. Also in this serial number range all of the known 1,515 CanadianĬanadian pistols can only be identified by their “Broad Arrow enclosed inĪ “C” mark” that was applied to the Left rear of the slide and to the (marked “S” for “sales” on the top of the receiver). Marked (apparently leftovers) slides or commercially marked receivers Serial #930000 to about serial #940000) are often seen with commercial It is however at least as interesting for what it is not as for what This pistol appears to be in completely original near new condition. He was therefore a General Officer at the time this pistol was accepted. Drewry was promoted to Brigadier General on Septemand Inspectors at Colts under the authority of Colonel Guy H. Ordnance acceptance mark of “G.H.D.” that was applied by civilian Serial #848000 to about serial #2360400 generally have applied the final Colt shipping records indicate this gun shipped sometime between MayĤth and June 8 th,1943 to the Transportation Officer at
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This pistol is a mid 1943 production modelġ911A1.