Quick Navigation US Military Issue M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols Top So, tell me what I have, the good and the bad. _ (blank, doubtful it is original to gun) Steel hanger present to attach to pistol belt. Uses brass stud to keep holster flap down/closed through hole in holster flap. Outside on holster flap is: US in an oval Inside holster flap is: LT DP SANBORN (written in ink) Markings are: back side between belt loop is : HARPHAM BROS. Holster: M1916 hip holster: Brown leather (never refinished black), has leather thigh tie which is woven like a 'noose' with loose ends swinging freely ('noose' end going through brass hole in bottom of holster), has seen some use, but otherwise excellent shape, taken care of, no cracks. Has lanyard loop on bottom of mainspring housing. Magazine: steel, 5 holes on each side whose positions 'zig zag' from top to bottom, S marking on the top of the magazine floorplate that protrudes out from the magazine, no makings on the bottom of the magazine floorplate. Never been refinished no arsenal rebuild markings, either.

Weapon has firing wear on finish (was fired before I got it, and I have fired it a few times since I bought it). Overall finish of gun: military parkerized, darker on front of slide that ends on the 'E' in PATENTED (stamped on the left side of slide) than rest due to hardening of slide. Slide stop: straight lines that run parallel to the slide Hammer: late war narrow spur type (not the wide like the M1911's) 45 Auto on the chamber area P to the right of the linkage area Slide, top, with muzzle end away, rear site toward the body: P between rear site and the ejection port.īottom side: G in front of linkage on muzzle side Slide, bottom, near 'firing pin area': upside down 'V', R, upside down 'G', U (all these markings are in the right side/left side as I read it with the rear of the slide toward me, muzzle away from me). Slide, rear: 1122549 (not seen when assembled, i.e. 19, 1913 Prancing Colt Pony Insignia Colt's PT. Armyįrame, left side: GHD stamp, a U or C (depending on how you read it) to the right and beneath of the mag release buttonįrame, looking down into the top of the magwell: C on the hammer side of the 'part sticking out of a hole.'

Since the pics may or may not do justice (I tried.), here are the markings on it:įrame, right side: Ordnance stamp, United States Property (hole) M1911A1 U.S. The SN is 17323XX, which makes it a 1944 production date. This is my Colt M1911A1 that I picked up in March 2002 at a gunshow.

Military 1911a1 markings