Rbstuartjr
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I just inherited this nice 1911 Colt Government Model with a serial number C26xx. From what I can discern it was made in 1913. I was told it was taken to war In WW1, but I cannot verify that. The person whom I received it from was told it was non functional and she played with it as a little girl in the 1950’s. She said it has not been fired by anyone in her lifetime.
I field stripped it and can tell you it is very functional. It just had a little rust and a lot of dried and caked on oil. A little scrubbing with some Remoil cleaned everything up nice.
I don’t know very much about these pistols, as all of mine are fairly modern. Most of the info I can find is more about the M1911 and not the commercial ones. So if anyone can point me to a source about these or has any info themselves about these I would be grateful. I can upload more pictures if anyone needs to see something on it. Thanks all.
I field stripped it and can tell you it is very functional. It just had a little rust and a lot of dried and caked on oil. A little scrubbing with some Remoil cleaned everything up nice.
I don’t know very much about these pistols, as all of mine are fairly modern. Most of the info I can find is more about the M1911 and not the commercial ones. So if anyone can point me to a source about these or has any info themselves about these I would be grateful. I can upload more pictures if anyone needs to see something on it. Thanks all.