1911 in 7.62x25 "Whats it worth?"

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Hey everyone, I have a 1911 chambered in 7.62x25 and I have owned it for several years. The seller had told me it was a conversion done by the Vietnamese? He said that the .45 Acp was difficult to come by and they converted it to a caliber they had on hand. Anyone able to chime in on this or was the guy telling tall tails? What would it be worth if I decided to sell it?
Thanks guys

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well its rare (because of the cal) and shoots cheap ammo makes it a cool gun.

As for value i can't say but i would think it would do very well on resale because of those two items.
 
Colt conversion

Both the Vietnamese and the Chinese converted the Colt to fire 7.62 Tokarov. They did have to thin down the inside of the front wall of the grip considerably for it to work. Or at least on the ones I have seen. Value? regards rigrat
 
I know that you can get (if you can find one) a 7.62x25 barrel for a 1911 in .38 super.

never seen one so hard to guess the price, but I know a lot of people would find a 1911 in that caliber attractive.
 
They did the same to the M1 Carbine (how about that for cool) that's the first 1911 I've ever seen though. Very rare and probably worth a bunch to a Viet Nam collector, or the guy who has to have EVERY rare 1911.
 
rigrat said:
Both the Vietnamese and the Chinese converted the Colt to fire 7.62 Tokarov. They did have to thin down the inside of the front wall of the grip considerably for it to work. Or at least on the ones I have seen. Value? regards rigrat
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Would that be north or south Vietnamese? I really wish this old war horse could talk. How did it end up here in Canada :confused:
Yes, the inner wall of the front grip is thinner than my Reminton Rand .45
It doesen't like the coated steel cases as it occasionaly fails to fully extract the spent case. But the surplus brass cases or S&B work flawlesly. Possibly a tight chamber?
 
While it is possible that it came from Vietnam, most likely it is from China, and came along with other surplus guns.
I don't think that a cost comparison with a commercial Norinco 1911 is relevant.
This is more of a collector's item, and that will be where the value will be set.
 
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It sure would be cool if Norinco were to start making them, though!
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There are a few other things that I would like to see from norinco first. Number one would be a shorty M305, number two would be a Canadian version of the S&W model 10, and number three would be the copy of the Luger that is apparently not just a myth.
Sorry if this hijacks the thread a bit.
Mike
 
There were a few of these that made it into Canada back in the 70's/80's. I recall Lever offering them for sale, around $300 I think, at the time. Interesting piece, some good history. Without documentation of some kind, it would be worth what a beater military 45 is worth, IMO. Still a neat gun though. - dan
 
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