SOLD VERY RARE US ARMY 1924 COLT TRANSITION MODEL 1911…BOTTOM OF THE BARREL SALE!

IN 95% ORIGINAL CONDITION 100% CORRECT AS PER CLAWSON, WE HAVE A VERY RARE TRANSITION MODEL 1924 COLT 1911. THIS PISTOL WAS SHIPPED TO SPRINGFIELD ARMORY FROM COLT’S ON FEBRUARY 7, 1924 AS PART OF THE SECOND SHIPMENT OF 1,000 PISTOLS.   KNOWN AS THE TRANSITION MODEL, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ITERATION OF THE 1911A1 IMPROVED  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.  WHAT IS EVEN BETTER IS THIS IS IN THE 2ND THOUSAND PRODUCED AND HAS THE VERY HARD TO FIND SINGLE CIRCLE WTG INSPECTORS PROOF.  OF COURSE THIS ALSO HAS THE CORRECT STEPPED BARREL.  THIS IS A VERY HARD TO FIND PISTOL IN DECENT CONDITION.