SOLD VERY RARE US ARMY 1924 COLT TRANSITIONAL 1911A1 VERY SHARP!

$8,500.00

Out of stock

SKU: Item #: 12/08/2014-1 Category:
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IN 97% ORIGINAL VERY NICE CONDITION, 100% CORRECT AS PER CLAWSON, WE HAVE A SHARP EXAMPLE OF THE  VERY RARE MODEL 1924 COLT 1911A1.  KNOWN AS THE TRANSITIONAL MODEL.   THIS PISTOL HAS A WONDERFUL PROVENANCE HAVING BEEN SOLD TO A WEST POINT CAdET IN APRIL, 1928 WITH THE ORIGINAL WEST POINT DOUCMENTATION ATTATCHED.  THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ITINERATION OF THE 1911A1 MODIFIED PISTOL.  THERE WERE ONLY 10,000 OF THESE PRODUCED, AND FEW SURVIVE TODAY, AND ALMOST NONE THIS NICE. AND HARDLY ANY STILL IN ORIIGNAL CONDITIION LIKE THIS ONE.  MOST OF THESE WERE USED UP BEFORE AND DURING  WW2 AND THOSE FEW THAT MADE IT THROUGH WERE MOSTLY REWORKED. THIS PISTOL HAS THE CORRECT K MARKED BARREL AS WELL.