RAF issue 1911 in .455

cpbird91 said:
So as fate goes, the woman's son was doing one final clean of his step fathers old pistol before I was to take possession and he somehow lost the slide stop. I picked up a modern production after market one to make the pistol functional but I assume the collectors status and value have dropped significantly. As such the woman refunded me a large portion of the sales price to make up for the lost part and a promise that should It ever arise she would send it on to me.

I can understand the sentiment about not firing the pistol, as a lover of milsurp rifles I have always enjoyed having a functional piece of war history that I was able to interact with on a very direct level. However I have never owned a 1911 before, nor even heard of them in .455 before now so I am aching to get out and fire the 20 rounds of .455 it has with it. To me this isn't an investment piece, due to the low price paid and with the non original slide stop now I doubt it would even fetch too much anymore.

Is it possible to simply swap out the barrel and magazines to be able to fire 45acp more regularly?

Was your concern for developing a crack something that these old 1911 are prone to?

I have only ever owned soviet pistols before now so I know there is much to learn. All the same it feels great to actually hold the original and infamous colt 1911. I will get photos up today.
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Why not just trade it in for a shooter? I will trade you straight across for just about any 1911 style pistol in stock if your gun is in very nice condition and even without the original slide stop.
 
That is a real shame about the slide stop, as if they would be so careless after you had bought the pistol from them. Probably just somewhere on the floor, or maybe they threw it out with whatever cleaning supplies they used. That is just sad.

If you can post some photos we could tell you what it's worth. If it's refinished with modern parts, by all means go ahead and shoot away. If it's original, I would certainly consider the offer shooting centre is making you or sell here on CGN.

Cheers,
-Steve
 
Steve1987 said:
That is a real shame about the slide stop, as if they would be so careless after you had bought the pistol from them. Probably just somewhere on the floor, or maybe they threw it out with whatever cleaning supplies they used. That is just sad.

If you can post some photos we could tell you what it's worth. If it's refinished with modern parts, by all means go ahead and shoot away. If it's original, I would certainly consider the offer shooting centre is making you or sell here on CGN.

Cheers,
-Steve
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What site are you guys using for photos these days? photobucket isn't working for me to get them uploaded here
 
Shooting Centre said:
Why not just trade it in for a shooter? I will trade you straight across for just about any 1911 style pistol in stock if your gun is in very nice condition and even without the original slide stop.
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I very much appreciate the offer but my interests lie with milsurps over new production for the most part.
 
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