SOLD COLT 1911 A1 1940 PRODUCTION CSR PROOFED BLUED VERY NICE!

IN 97% ORIGINAL VERY ATTRACTIVE CONDITION WE HAVE A VERY DESIRABLE BLUED PRE WAR PRODUCTION COLT 1911A1 PISTOL. THE PISTOL IS MATCHING AND 100% CORRECT AS PER CLAWSON AND INCLUDES THE CORRECT SMALL G MARKED COLT BARREL.  THIS CHARLES S. REED INSPECTED PISTOL WAS PART OF A SHIPMENT OF 1,025 GUNS THAT WERE DELIVERED TO SPRINGFIELD ARMORY ON DEC 27,1940 AND THEN IMMEDIATELY BUNDLED OFF TO THE NAVY DOWN IN NORFOLK VA ABOUT A WEEK LATER IN EARLY JANUARY 1941.  SO WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND FANATICALLY SOUGHT AFTER BLUED 1911A1 NAVY GUN AND THAT IS ONE SMOKIN HOT GUN.  IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS GUN HAS WOODEN GRIPS AS MANY OF THE 1940 PRODUCTION GUNS HAVE THE EARLY COLT ROCK GRIPS.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MOST LATE PRODUCTION 40 GUNS HAVE WOOD GRIPS WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT THE USAGE OF COLT ROCK GRIPS WAS NOT FULLY INTEGRATED AT THE TIME AND THEY WOULD SOON BE REPLACED WITH THE MORE DURABLE COLT WOOD.  THIS IS A VERY DESIRABLE PISTOL AS ANY BLUED 1911A1 IS QUITE RARE AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS NICE.MOST OF THE GUNS IN THIS SHIPMENT LIKELY ENDED UP IN MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRONS AS THE FEW THAT HAVE BEEN TIED TO ACTUAL SHIPS ALL WENT TO PT BOATS.