NAA 1911 value

[rhino519]

I got to admit; though I dont own one 1911, Im totally in love with those guns.
I just recently shared that with someone Stateside, and was suggested that once I start getting into it I sould make a North American Arms 1911 my holly grail, so just out of curiosity, how much do they go for?

 

[Bittermansbro]

Value of a gun that they made 100 or so prototypes/tool room samples of???

A lot more than I have a mortgage for. I can't even begin to guess really.

 

[Pocketfisherman]

The NAA is indeed the holy grail. You are looking at multiple 10s of thousands of dollars.

 

[rhino519]

sweet lord, how does someone explain that to SWAMBOs

according to my buddy there were 500 or so copies made

 

[BCRider]

NAA out of Quebec and their history in the 1911 saga is mentioned in the last part of this write up. Yeah, I think your buddy was pulling your leg on this one....

http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/M1911A1.htm

 

[NAA]

according to my buddy there were 500 or so copies made

Your buddy must be thinking of the Singer mfg 1911A1 for WWII, there were about 500 of them made. The Singer is the USA's holy grail of 1911's as some examples were actually accepted into military use.

On the NAA, as stated, there were approximately 100 pre-production examples produced but the contract was cancelled before they got into full production. To my knowledge none were accepted into service.

I regard them as the rarest 1911 and for a Canadian collector would be the "holy grail". [Hence my CGN handle "NAA"....] And no I don't have one. I've only ever seen them in pictures. Have yet to see one in person.

And, no Yank is going to say a Canadian mfg pistol is their holy grail, no matter how rare though.

NAA.

 

[rhino519]

NAA, you wrong on the last one, guy is a reall 1911 nut, beside I do find many americans a big funs of canadian manufactured guns, be it BHP, SMLE or FN


we were definitly talking about the WWI era production, I guess his nr are off

 

[BCRider]

Are you looking for a gun to actually shoot rather than decorate an alarmed display case? The NAA, at only 100 copies, would be worth more than most of our houses. You'd be crazy to shoot it.

 

[rhino519]

I wanted to have an idea of how much was one

I think Ill focus on more common copies for now

 

[NAA]

NAA, you wrong on the last one, guy is a reall 1911 nut, beside I do find many americans a big funs of canadian manufactured guns, be it BHP, SMLE or FN


we were definitly talking about the WWI era production, I guess his nr are off

Glad to hear that.... But in my experience, Americans are very finicky when it comes to USGI 1911 & 1911A1's....

NAA.

 

[le pelican]

Last time a saw one for sale in the US, it was at 20 000$us. Now with a can$ at .95$us, it's time to pick one up.