Should I expect WWII Ithaca 1911 to be a shooter?

[bushmaster1313]

If I were to purchase a WWII Ithaca 1911 like this just from the pictures should I expect it to be one that is good to go at the range?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=211165172

 

[p95]

I personally would not entertain the thought of spending $1200.00 ++ on any firearm
that I could not hold in my hot little hands and shoot before handing over the funds. If
I was looking for a range 1911 I would spend five or six hundred for a Springfield. If the
one you are considering is in the condition of the one pictured, it is not a bargain.

 

[ByAnyMeans]

I have a 1943 Ithaca 1911 that I put a hundred rounds through today. It was my grandfathers and handed down to my uncle, father and now me. Granted I only shoot it when family comes around.

If you want it for historical value I say get it and do not beat on it but it can be shot. May hurt resale value but I do not really know. If you just want a good range gun to blast a bunch or rounds down range with I would go a different way.

 

[mljdeckard]

^^ I concur completely. If you want to shoot it you certainly can, and if you need to switch out a couple of parts to make it run cleaner, remember that the army didn't buy any new 1911s after WWII. They just reconditioned the ones they had. I still had a lot of Ithacas in my arms room in 1992. We cleaned up a couple of them so that when we took them to the range, we could have a few we knew would be pretty accurate. Just putting in a new barrel, bushing, and link might clean it up a lot. (If it needs it at all. It is entirely possible that it got minimal use in the first place and sat in someone's sock drawer for fifty years.)

 

[artee]

I would expect it TOO shoot. But I wouldn't expect more than "1911 average" as far as accuracy. I wouldn't be surprised if it was only 6 inch or so for a magazine at 25 yards, but I would expect it to be quite relieable.