100th Anniversary Colt 1911

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Not included in that price is the $750 of gunsmithing required to prevent it from stovepiping with factory hardball.

They say Sam Colt made all men equal...too bad he didn't make all his guns equal.

Ho Ho Ho
 
The trip to Colt sounds interesting. It's curious that if you receive the gun there you will not actually take it home then, unless you live in CT.

A little off-topic, did John Moses Browning have any descendants to leave his legacy to?
 
Wow

$50 k is the current bid and still a month to go...on an item that was originally auctioned 30 months ago (now re-auctioned, but the old link still works).

All I can say is "Wow".

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Crazy price, and well outside my range. My Christmas present? A Rock Island Armory 1911 Tactical in full nickel. I'll let you know how it is when it gets here, but I've yet to hear anything bad about RIA guns. Finally I'll have my own 1911.
 
If I'm reading correctly, this is the only one in existance. $60k could end up being a bargain, though I'll predict the selling price will be in excess of $100k. My mind goes to the Sears and Roebuck Colt SAA that was factory engraved and gold inlaid. Last auction it went for $1,000,000.00. Yes it will be a while before this one's worth that kind of cash, but it's possible that it could get there. I'd call that a pretty good reason to buy it and not shoot it (assuming one could afford it).
 
I'd call that a pretty good reason to buy it and not shoot it (assuming one could afford it).
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Then not only would it be ugly and overpriced, it would be useless.

I hope a real gun enthusiast buys it and shoots it. Do you really think JMB would like his design to be sold and put in a safe?
 
Then not only would it be ugly and overpriced, it would be useless.
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Turning a profit of several hundred thousand dollars would be useless. Wow!
I realize it would take several years to make that kind of profit, but I don't know of any other investments that would return that kind of dividends. And I also realize that it's not gauranteed. It would indeed be a risk, a risk someone like me could never afford to do and probably would not be willing to take if I could. But just because I wouldn't do it doesn't mean I think others are crazy who do.
 
I would guess JMB would be more than pleased to see the lasting acclaim his design has achieved.

And that includes some of them never being fired.
 
I wish I had more money than sense. :neener:

Actually, various "anniversary" editions of cars, guns or whatever have, historically, not usually commanded any substantial extra value.
 
How many of those anniversary editions only had one ever produced? I think that's where the difference will be. Most anniversary editions of things are still mass produced. Not a lot of room for extra value when there's thousands made.
 
For $67k you could buy a whole bunch of nice 1911's that you could actually shoot and enough ammo to last a lifetime.

I can't understand people spending that kind of money on a gun that you could only look at.
 
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