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
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1939 Commercial Colt
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 5096B651-E397-4399-9AAA-811F5798D4DF.jpg
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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.
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Bad photo serial no is perfect
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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.
Last edited by Art; 03-24-2023 at 08:48.
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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.
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