what VALUE/WORTH is my colt 45 1911. *MORE PICS ADDED*
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Thank u very much for all the help, very much apprieciated...
so why exactly are old colt 1911's worth so much anyway?.
oh and i posted an add in the EE selling the 45 for $1150 shipped. going with the value and info i've gotten...
regards.
Tim
so why exactly are old colt 1911's worth so much anyway?.
oh and i posted an add in the EE selling the 45 for $1150 shipped. going with the value and info i've gotten...
regards.
Tim
The price of USGI 1911A1 pistols has gone mental ever since "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers". It's mostly nostalgia. In 1998 you could pick up a matching, original, correct, excellent condition Colt 1911A1 for ~ $350 Canadian out here on the westcoast. The prices have been creeping up on both sides of the border since. Especially, in the USA where the Americans seem to be very avid about buying up their heritage.
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mudgunner49
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Or something...
You are targeting (pun intended) a niche market. Not everyone is willing to spend a grand + on a used handgun, history not withstanding. If nobody with the interest in the item you are trying to move shows up you will have to drop the price in order to move it...
for some people it's just an old 1911 and none of the "matching numbers, period correct" stuff really matters. In order to get what you're asking, you first have to connect with a buyer who will pay that much. Hope you make out OK, but I imagine this will get bee tee tee'd with a reduction a few times.
blake
The slide also has the C Broad arrow on the top right....did nobody notice that? In all likelyhood it was put on there by some crafty fellow before the refinish
Mismatched 1911's were a $500-$650 price a few years ago, $900 might be pushing it.
Mismatched 1911's were a $500-$650 price a few years ago, $900 might be pushing it.
Hitzy said:
Might be pushing it if the EE was chock full of USGI 1911A1's. But currently it appears the supply has but all dried up. It will ultimately sell for what the current market will bear.
Just my .02
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Im trying to be fair in selling this gun, why i asked for a value on it... but im getting kinda mixed signals from very low value to very high value.
Im trying to meet in the middle, but the variations are quite far apart.
But i guess what are people willing to pay for it rather than what is it worth, is the question.
Im trying to meet in the middle, but the variations are quite far apart.
But i guess what are people willing to pay for it rather than what is it worth, is the question.
stencollector
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There were only 1515 1911s shipped to Canada as lend lease during WW2. The C/l\ marking may well be original to that slide. The proofmark on the other side of the slide is from one of the British proofhouses. I have had this same mark on a few of my no4Ts. My ref material is all at home and I don't recall which proof house it is, however this would add some credence to the slide having been in Commonwealth service.
hardballer
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Thor,
Still very happy. Barrel is a nice post war with chrome, take that norc! I still haven't found a tighter USGI Colt. They'll be prying that one out of my cold dead hands. She's greased and stored though.
Cheers!
hb
