Hi. I have a question I hope one of you can answer. Some years ago, my Dept. received 4 1911 .45's. These came UPS. from a Gov. arsenal in Tx., near as I can recall.
In the shipment, was a Colt marked 1911, a Springfield, and an Ithica. The forth one has no makers name. I had forgotten about these, as I didn't want one, at the time ,and I ran across this one in the Arms safe. The one with no makers name, that is
All of these were rebuilt at one time, as the Parkerizing is pretty dark, and in pretty good shape. It has a serial no.14050xx, on the right side. Under the slide stop pin end, it has a large SA. Above that, is model 1911a1 u.s.army On the top of the trigger guard, it has a v. On the bottom of the trigger guard, across from the Mag. release screw, it has a letter I. Above the Serial #, it has United States Property...On the slide, above that, it has a #53397. On the barrel it has 45 auto, and under that, #7791193
On the left side of the pistol, under the slide stop thumb shelf (?)it has FJA stamped. On the slide it has a #7790314 Thats about it for stampings. The slide stop, safety, grip safety, hammer, are almost black, and the rest of the gun is kinda a greenish gray.
Can anyone tell me who made this pistol, and why the mafufacture is not stamped on the frame? I haven't removed the grip panels yet.
Thanks to any who may know........on a scale from one to ten, I would rate this a 7.5 at least....
In the shipment, was a Colt marked 1911, a Springfield, and an Ithica. The forth one has no makers name. I had forgotten about these, as I didn't want one, at the time ,and I ran across this one in the Arms safe. The one with no makers name, that is
All of these were rebuilt at one time, as the Parkerizing is pretty dark, and in pretty good shape. It has a serial no.14050xx, on the right side. Under the slide stop pin end, it has a large SA. Above that, is model 1911a1 u.s.army On the top of the trigger guard, it has a v. On the bottom of the trigger guard, across from the Mag. release screw, it has a letter I. Above the Serial #, it has United States Property...On the slide, above that, it has a #53397. On the barrel it has 45 auto, and under that, #7791193
On the left side of the pistol, under the slide stop thumb shelf (?)it has FJA stamped. On the slide it has a #7790314 Thats about it for stampings. The slide stop, safety, grip safety, hammer, are almost black, and the rest of the gun is kinda a greenish gray.
Can anyone tell me who made this pistol, and why the mafufacture is not stamped on the frame? I haven't removed the grip panels yet.
Thanks to any who may know........on a scale from one to ten, I would rate this a 7.5 at least....
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