SOLD VERY RARE US ARMY 1924 COLT TRANSITION MODEL 1911 PISTOL……NICE!

IN 97% ORIGINAL CONDITION 100% CORRECT AS PER CLAWSON, WE HAVE A VERY RARE TRANSITION MODEL 1924 COLT 1911 U.S. ARMY SERVICE PISTOL. THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED TO SPRINGFIELD ARMORY FROM COLT’S ON FEBRUARY 13, 1924 AS PART OF THE THIRD SHIPMENT OF 1,000 PISTOLS.   KNOWN AS THE TRANSITION MODEL, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ITERATION OF THE 1911A1 IMPROVED SERVICE PISTOL.  THERE WERE ONLY 10,000 OF THIS MODEL PRODUCED, ALL IN 1924, AND FEW SURVIVE TODAY, ALMOST NONE THIS NICE.  MOST OF THESE PISTOLS WERE USED UP BEFORE AND DURING WW2 AND ONLY A FEW MADE IT THROUGH THE FLAMES OF WAR INTACT.   THIS IS A VERY HARD TO FIND PISTOL IN VERY DECENT  PRESENTABLE CONDITION.