Just in case someone needed a fix on this nice day. C prefix Colt 1911.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...psdrwboycx.jpg
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Just in case someone needed a fix on this nice day. C prefix Colt 1911.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...psdrwboycx.jpg
If it is a C prefix serial number it is a Government Model (commercial), and is probably stamped as such right above the serial number.
This is a Model 1911.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2e3oas4.jpg
No doubt about it. Here is another photo.
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...ectmags002.jpg
You're right, no doubt about it. Commercial shipped in 1917.
http://i67.tinypic.com/v4ndpz.jpg