![]() ![]() So that's the legit serial number as far as they are concerned and the gunsmith and I haven't a clue why that number was chosen, allowed to be used, or what it means. Regardless, it passed muster with ATF and DES. The gun was that way when he bought it from a private individual before I bought it from him. It is a 5' Government Model MKIV Series 80. The numbers are consecutive until the start serial number of the next. I have two Colt 1911 45s would like to know build dates. That's the best guess scenario the gunsmith can come up with and neither of us really have a clue. The serial number listed by the year, is the first number manufactured for that year. Back then, whenever that was, the gunsmith says they may have been allowed to re serial number the thing with their own serial number when the factory serial number was destroyed or obscured from either the refurbishing or plating process. Hence they may have ground the bejesus out of it to get the rust out of it before plating and lost the serial number. This pistol may have been rusted up pretty well before it was nickel plated. The nickel job was not very good either with, in some spots, rust coming through. According to the gunsmith, when it was nickel plated the methods they used to remove the factory finish was crude and a lot of details, like serial numbers, were lost or obscured from the metal. ![]() This 1911 was manufactured before 1926 and has been well used.
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