okcorral1881
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Canadian contract
Canadian contract 1914...
with a friend!
Canadian contract 1914...
with a friend!
Colt 1911 Collectors
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Bittermansbro
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Thanks OK, yours sure looks to have nice blue on it, and lots of character in those grips. Pleased to see you have two lanyard loop mags, did they both come with it?
okcorral1881
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Thanks, in fact I have 4...3 with the loop and one without (from 1918?).
One of them has the Canadian Arrow (Canadian contract!)
okcorral1881
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Got it! if you notice, NAA and I are using the same gun over....just changing the background!
Stay tuned, next we'll post G22 pics only...that will be diversified!
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My 1961 National Match. SER: 89XX NM. She's a beaut to shoot and accurate as heck. Couple of parts changed out, but have the originals too.
They don't make them like this anymore
okcorral1881
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My 1961 National Match. SER: 89XX NM. She's a beaut to shoot and accurate as heck. Couple of parts changed out, but have the originals too.
They don't make them like this anymore
Still looks good!
okcorral1881
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Bittermansbro
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That's really all that needs to be said. I concur, Colts give me a warm fuzzy feeling in my special places.
okcorral1881
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dangertree
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Jezus Grant, that is a lovely pistol. Congrats!
amazing, some real nice photos in here worth saving to the hard drive
Grant, that thing is amazing, the polishing done on the slide is top notch, looks like its been well taken care of. Is it a shooter?
Whats the deal with the 1902 colt longslide? Any information on this? I would like to see what the magazines look like, and possibly a field strip, curious to also know what caliber it is as I'm thinking that it is not 45acp
Grant, that thing is amazing, the polishing done on the slide is top notch, looks like its been well taken care of. Is it a shooter?
Whats the deal with the 1902 colt longslide? Any information on this? I would like to see what the magazines look like, and possibly a field strip, curious to also know what caliber it is as I'm thinking that it is not 45acp
I found it in a gun store here in Vancouver. I had to bring it home with me. It's a .38 smokless rimless. I'm away on business this week but I can send you some pictures of the mag. It's a heal release. NAA has a smaller pocket model with the same mag system. I read he has a new camera so maybe he'll post a few pics.
Yes, it is a beautiful piece - it is tree branches you see reflected in the slide, the picture having been taken outside in the late fall. This pistol was the personally-owned sidearm of a CASC officer during WWI - Maj. William A. Mitchell, whose name is printed on the underside of the flap of the original leather holster it came with, along with: "O/C No. 5 Coy., 2nd Div. Train, C.E.F." In 1942, Major Mitchell sold it to a young Lieutenant to use as his sidearm, and I in turn acquired it from him ....
As you may be aware, when the Canadian Govt. acquired 5000 of these pistols in 1914 (many of which were re-sold to officers, who had to supply their own kit at personal expense) they made no provision at first for extra magazines, and it would seem that Maj. Mitchell didn't bother either. When the second owner got it (I hesitate to give his name since he is still alive) he acquired a second magazine and had a shoemaker add a spare mag pouch to the original holster - using whatever leather was available, obviously:
I am also fortunate enough to have one of the original Mills web holsters acquired by the Canadian Governemnt in 1914 for the 1911's. It is a unique pattern never used by the Americans or any other government apparently, and quite rare:
Below is a picture scanned from Clive Law's "Canadian Military Handguns, 1855 - 1985", showing the holster pattern and also the style of spare mag pouches the Dept. of Militia & Defence finally broke down and acquired later in the war. These were pretty much like the US pattern, except for having the dome snaps used on British web equipment, rather than the American-style snaps (as seen in my first photo.) The Canadian-issue pouches are even rarer than the holsters, so I don't have an original, though I got a repro when "What Price Glory" still had them available .... (As you may be aware, on the other hand, original un-issued WWI-dated US pouches are quite commonly available, because they had a huge supply on hand at the end of the war, but later switched to olive-drab webbing so their khaki WWI pouches didn't get used in WWII.)
I have shot the pistol a number of times (including a "Wild Bunch Match" at one Cowboy Action shoot.) It functions flawlessly, though it has the original small-slot rear sight and very "hefty" trigger pull of early 1911's. Needless to say, I have not wanted to mess with it at all - it will remain "as is"!
