SOLD COLT 1911A1 1943 COMMERCIAL / MILITARY VERY RARE! SHARP!

IN 96+% VERY SHARP CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER COLT 1911A1 COMMERCIAL / MILITARY PISTOL. THIS PISTOL IS MATCHING AND IS COMPLETELY FACTORY ORIGINAL. THERE WERE APPROX 6500 COMMERCIAL 1911A1 PISTOLS ON HAND IN COLT’S STORAGE ROOM AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW2. IN LATE 1942 RUNNING INTO 1943 THESE PISTOLS WERE PULLED OFF THE SHELVES AND REFINISHED TO MILITARY SPECIFICATION AND RENUMBERED IN THE MILITARY SERIAL RANGE. THIS PROCESS TO TURN A COMMERCIAL 1911A1 INTO GOVERNMENT 1911A1 INVOLVED REMOVING THE SCHWARTZ SAFETY AND RENUMBERING THE SLIDE AND FRAME IN THE MILITARY SERIAL RANGE THEN PARKER ZING THE PISTOL. YOU WILL NOTE IN THE PICTURES THE CUTOUTS FOR THE SCHWARTZ SAFETY IN THE SLIDE AND FRAME. THIS IS A VERY SHARP EXAMPLE OF THIS UNIQUE AND RARE VARIANT. THESE VERY SCARCE MILITARY PISTOLS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR WITH COLT COLLECTORS WITH MINT EXAMPLES BRINGING VERY CLOSE TO $10,000. THIS IS A REALLY SHARP EXAMPLE AND MUCH NICER THAN YOU USUALLY SEE. FINDING THESE GUNS WITH ANY CONDITION IS VERY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE ONLY 6500 WERE MADE AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT INTO COMBAT AND SAW HARD USE. THIS IS A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND VERY RARE US WW2 COLT 1911A1 VARIANT.