1911's Pics Thread
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skeetgunner
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My Norinco NP-30. Stock, except for the walnut grips.
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LONG, BUT HOPEFULLY INTERESTING (at least for military history buffs) -
Here is the other side - you'll note a wee bit more damage to the side of the slide, including a spot of rust pitting at the bottom of the "Patents" and in the serrations - however, the "blotchiness" is just the oil film on the high-polish oven-bluing! (To give an idea of how "shiny" it is, in the first picture I posted above, that is the reflection of bare tree branches which you see on the slide - I took the pictures in my back yard when I got the pistol in the late fall of 2002.)
The original leather holster has the following written on the underside of the flap, and on the back::
Here is the first page of Major Mitchell's "Attestation Paper" - for some reason it was quite common for officers to be signed up for service with the C.E.F. using the "Attestation" intended for Other Ranks, rather than the "Officer's Declaration" intended for that purpose. Never the other way 'round, of course...
I haven't gotten around to ordering his entire C.E.F. service record from the National Archives, but they do have many WWI War Diaries available online, including the Diary for the 2nd Divisional Train. Here is one page of it, which has a couple of mentions of Maj. Mitchell (July 4 and 11) as well as a very interesting entry for July 10, which gives a bit of insight into the logisitics of attempting to move wagons right up to the front lines (something which normally wouldn't happen) to bring in construction materials, done at night with muffled wheels and hoofs!
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Yes - that is the original finish! The WWI owner was a Canadian Army Service Corps Major in command of a Company of the C.A.S.C. "Train" (i.e. horse transport, as opposed to motorized, so that means literally a "Wagon Train") serving the 2nd Canadian Division at the Front - but he likely never got anywhere near any actual fighting, so I assume that the pistol spent most of its Great War Service (and thereafter) safely ensconced in its holster, likely as not in a desk drawer or trunk. It was purchsed from Maj Mitchell by the fellow I got it from, when he was a newly commissioned Lieutenant in 1942. However, the Lt. never saw active service for a variety of reasons, then simply kept the pistol stored away until I acquired it in late 2002.gothmog said:
To be honest: horrible! I have fired a few rounds out of it, and it probably has the stiffest, hardest trigger pull of any pistol or revolver I have ever shot. But I don't want to mess with it Figure if I really want a 1911 shooter, I can buy a Norinco knockoff, or the like, and preserve this one as is.Kindly Old Coach said:
Here is the other side - you'll note a wee bit more damage to the side of the slide, including a spot of rust pitting at the bottom of the "Patents" and in the serrations - however, the "blotchiness" is just the oil film on the high-polish oven-bluing! (To give an idea of how "shiny" it is, in the first picture I posted above, that is the reflection of bare tree branches which you see on the slide - I took the pictures in my back yard when I got the pistol in the late fall of 2002.)
The original leather holster has the following written on the underside of the flap, and on the back::
Here is the first page of Major Mitchell's "Attestation Paper" - for some reason it was quite common for officers to be signed up for service with the C.E.F. using the "Attestation" intended for Other Ranks, rather than the "Officer's Declaration" intended for that purpose. Never the other way 'round, of course...
I haven't gotten around to ordering his entire C.E.F. service record from the National Archives, but they do have many WWI War Diaries available online, including the Diary for the 2nd Divisional Train. Here is one page of it, which has a couple of mentions of Maj. Mitchell (July 4 and 11) as well as a very interesting entry for July 10, which gives a bit of insight into the logisitics of attempting to move wagons right up to the front lines (something which normally wouldn't happen) to bring in construction materials, done at night with muffled wheels and hoofs!
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