Oppinions on the original colt autoguns?

[Ninja42]

I am a sucker for all steel autos, and I just happened to trip over a few NIB Colt Government 1911 guns in cal. 38 Super, and Colt Double Eagle MKll in 9mm para in a gunshop I was browsing though not too long ago. I didnt get the chance to feel the guns in my hands, but they sure looked attractive, and I was wondering what the general oppinion on these guns is? I dont really know if I want them, but they have some sort of strange allure around them, especially the 1911, though I am somewhat biased against the .38 super caliber.. why didnt they just chamber the thing in a proper 9mm round?

 

[Walkalong]

a few NIB Colt Government 1911 guns in cal. 38 Super

Go back and jump on one of these.

 

[Majic]

though I am somewhat biased against the .38 super caliber.. why didnt they just chamber the thing in a proper 9mm round?

In the days of the past the US didn't believe in using the metric system. Everything was based on the inch. Not to mention that the .38 Super was a more powerful cartridge than the 9mm.

 

[bannockburn]

And the other nice thing about the Super 38/9mm. is that if you have one, then you can have the other; all with the same gun. Easiest is to have the Super 38; the ejector it uses will also function with the 9mm, but not the other way around (9mm ejector is too long). So all you need then is a complete 9mm barrel assembly (barrel, link, pin, and barrel bushing), a slightly lighter recoil spring, and a 9mm magazine. That's all you need, although adjustable sights would be a nice addition but are not necessary. So definitely jump on that Super 38 and go out and have some fun with it.

 

[tipoc]

First in the U.S. there are likely more books, forums, magazine articles etc. devoted to the 1911 than about any other firearm made. So it's a pretty popular one. There are good reasons for this. If you use the search function here for say, Colt 1911, you will get a few results.
So without narrowing it down it's hard to say.

What year was the .38Super made?

Early guns can command a high price and many are very collectable.

The .38 Super was launched in the late 1920s and first chambered in the 1911. It was a more powerful loading of the older .38 acp which was loaded in a predecessor of the 1911 also designed by John Browning who designed the .38acp. So the answer to the question of why didn't they just chamber it in the 9mm is that it had different origins.

I believe it was only after the second world war that any U.S. manufacturer chambered a gun in 9mm.

The Colt double Eagle has a small following. As a variant of the 1911 it is collectable and Colt didn't make them for all that long. They could be trouble some as I recall and were not all that popular when made.

tipoc