Colt 1911 ( Not A1) Value ?

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Biggfoot44

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My LGS has a Colt 1911 ( pre A1) in the case .

Good News : Complete , US Property marked , great condition

Bad News ( depending upon interpretation ) :

Shiney reblue ( good quality , not rounded or over polished ) , newer bbl , engine turned over chamber . Arched mainspring housing w/ lanyard . Good 4.5 to 5 lb trigger , undoubtedly been tuning. Bbl isn't stupid tight , but tighter than GI . About how you would expect a good practical shooter to be fitted .

Yeah , all the "bad news " is arguably good news in other contexts .


One of my sub niches is desirable classic guns , with just enough non original to make affordable . Such as my two S&W 2nd Model .44 Hand Ejectors with aftermarket nickle finishes .

Asking price is $900 . I know that an offer of $ 700 was turned down . Is $900 in the right ballpark ?
 

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Two things come to mind ……

1. There's many other 1911s on the market for less money that are better quality.

2. If you want a WW2 marked vintage historical 1911, how much YOU want to pay is all that matters.
 
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Even more to the point.

Still comes down to the "pucker factor" as rugerguy would say. :shock:

You can spend well over $900 for a brand-new-in-the-box 1911 but still not have the panache of this one. :wink:
 

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If the gun has been refinished , it has lost just about all , if not all , of it's collector value.
So I wouldn't price it as such.
As said above , I believe you can get a better gun for the money.
 
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pieces parts, put together, NOT "original" either, can always swap out parts, reparkerize it and put in GI surplus parts, a sum of the total of the parts plus more work, and did I say "not original"?? For what you have described not worth $900 to me,,,,, too many nice affordable, lower cost Mil spec 1911s out there...............unless its "how bad do YOU want or need it"?? ergo,,,,,the "Pucker Factor"... 8) :roll:

your offer of $700 was MORE than fair........ :wink:
 

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I feel your heartache..

I stumbled into a 1914 springfield. High pucker factor. Its arsenal reworked. First thing I bought was a correct magazine. THAT was more than I wanted to spend. So now it sits, afraid to shoot a 100+ yr gun.
My lesson, get a brand new mil spec 1911 and shoot the heck out of it.

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Guess it depends on whether you want a shooter or a conversation starter. I have a 1943 Remington-Rand that has been polished and blued at least once, although all the markings are quite plainly visible. I replaced the thoroughly shot-out barrel with one that actually still has some rifling in it. At fifty feet I can keep most of 'em in the black of an NRA timed/rapid fire pistol target. Suits me just fine and it's still a neat thing for show-and-tell that I can let my friends shoot some. :mrgreen:
 
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