SOLD COLT 1911 VERY EARLY 14,000 SERIAL NOV 1912 100% ORIGINAL
$5,500.00
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IN 92% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND VERY EARLY US ARMY COLT 1911. IT STILL HAS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS INCLUDING THE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND H MARKED BARREL AND THE VERY RARE KEYHOLE MAG. THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLY TEXAS SHIPPED COLTS, IT WAS SHIPPED TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARSENAL ON NOVEMBER 19, 1912. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FAMILY HISTORY ON THIS PISTOL, IT WAS CARRIED BY US ARMY MAJOR LEON E SMITH DURING THE MEXICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION AGAINST PANCHO VILLA AND ALSO DURING WW1 WHERE IT LAST SAW ACTIVE SERVICE. HE LEFT THE SERVICE WITH IT, AND IT WAS KEPT IN THE FAMILY ALL THESE YEARS. THIS IS A GREAT EARLY COLT WITH THE EXTREMELY DESIRABLE CIRCLED COLT LOGO, THE GUN IS ALL ORIGINAL WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS PACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. WHILE NOT STONE COLD MINT THE SIDES ARE VERY SHARP AND MOST OF THE WEAR IS ON THE FRONT GRIP STRAP. THE BORE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS WELL. THIS IS A REAL FIND A NICE VERY EARLY COLT IN UNMESSED WITH CONDITION.