Question about correct WWI M1911 barrel

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This has to do with a 1918 production M1911, serial # 380,4XX. It currently has a WWII era Hi Standard barrel.

Based on the little information available to me, a gun with this serial number should be marked with an H and a P on the top of the barrel hood. But should it have the H and P placed one above the other or should it have the interlaced HP?

Does anyone here have more information about this or a gun with a similar serial number that they can check to see which barrel it has?

I hope that this is posted in the correct forum; if not, please let me know.
 
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Rossguy said:
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I've looked at the info that I can find, and that serial number falls kind of in between the two possible barrels, so I'm wondering if I can get away with the interlaced HP. The gun might be a little early for the interlaced HP. But that one might be easier to find than the one with the H and P aligned along the barrel axis.

If either would be "correct," that would make it easier to find a barrel. Colt made hundreds of thousands of guns with these barrels, but I'm not having much luck finding either one.
 
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