Colt Model of 1909 Revolver (US Army)

[JBinIll]

Mine looks the same and I bought it listed as a 1896 army. Close inspection showed a faint date of 1903 inspected by RAC.

I think you are confusing the Colt New Army-



With the New Service which is what the M1909 is-

[Johnny P]

JBinIll has it correct. The Model 1909 caliber was .a slightly modified .45 Colt, and your pistol is a .38 Colt.

To Tuna, this is on page 625 of the 33rd Edition of the Blue Book. If yours are different, one of us has a misprint. The percentages from left to right are 100%, 98%, 95%, 90%, etc.

[JBinIll]

From my experience many sellers using a Blue Book look at the $ prices and decide the per cent of finish based on the $ price they want whether there is any finish on the gun or not.LOL A 90% rating may only be worth half the 100% and 10% finish wear isn't much.

[Johnny P]

It has been my experience that the highest priced percentage of finish on a collector pistol is the last 1%.

[Tuna]

Johnny, My page is the same except for the 100% being 2200 instead of 3200. One of us has a misprint. lol

[Johnny P]

Johnny, My page is the same except for the 100% being 2200 instead of 3200. One of us has a misprint. lol

What is your 98% value? As noted on mine, it is $2800, and you have to get down to 90% to get below $2200.

[Johnny P]

I haven't looked at prices for a while but that seem very high to me. I don't remember what I paid for my 1903 vintage but it wasn't anywhere close to that.

Did you figure out that you didn't have a Model 1909?

[joem]

Did you figure out that you didn't have a Model 1909?

It hasn't been out of the safe in a couple of years. I guess I should shoot it more often.

[Johnny P]

It hasn't been out of the safe in a couple of years. I guess I should shoot it more often.

Don't worry. I have never shot my Model 1909, and I still remember everything about it.

[Tuna]

Mine book is $1000 lower across the board for the Army. Now the Navy is $3500 for 100% then $3100 for 98%. Does this agree with yours Johnny?