1939 Commercial Colt

[schoolbd]

Bought this the other day and can?t seem to find out much on a 1939 commercial, slide is a later model, is this a common or rare serial range 192804
Thank you 51825

[Johnny P]

The post WW2 slide is a killer on a pre WW2 Colt that originally had a matching serial numbered slide. Has serial number been dicked with, or just photograph? Really get scarce when they go past C200000, as they were being transferred to the military contract.

[schoolbd]

Bad photo serial no is perfect

[Art]

The "C" Colts were fine pistols. I owned one I ordered through a PX in Korea when I was there in '68. Unfortunately I succumbed to the "improve it" disease that seems to affect most M1911 owners and never liked it much after that and eventually sold it. Live and learn.

[nf1e]

Pre WWI C prefix Colt. Whatta Hobby!


51876

[Johnny P]

All the Government Model Colts had a C prefix serial number from 1912 until 1949 when the C was changed to a suffix.

C1 to C240287 from 1912 until 1949, then 240288-C to 335169-C from 1949 to 1970.