- Colt 1911 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture In India
- Colt 1911 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture In The United States
Colt Serial Number Manufacture Dates. MARLIN DATES OF MANUFACTURE For compete information see William S. Brophy, Marlin Firearms, especially pages 628-631. Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket Hammerless.25 ACP - Unique Serial Numbers. Military Model 1917 Rifle: Eddystone: Covering numbers: 1 - 1355000. 1911 1911A1.45 Colt.45 ACP Production Statistics and Serial Numbers. Military Versions from 1912 to 1945. Manufacturer/Serial Number/Date Made Beginning of M1911: 1) Colt: S/N 1 to 3190 = April 16, 1912 to May 31, 1912. (400 Colt 1911's.45 caliber purchased and issued to Norwegian Navy. May 1917, 300 Colt 1911.45ACP pistols purchased. PUBLISHERS OF FINE BOOKS FOR THE GUN COLLECTOR: Does this rear sight belong on a.45-70 Springfield Trapdoor carbine with this serial number? Answer: No, it does not.It was installed on original carbines between serial numbers 85,000 to 99,000.
Colt 1911 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture In India
Colt 1911 Serial Number Date Of Manufacture In The United States
Your models are later 'Lightweight Commanders' with a 'CLW' prefix on the serial number. Colt started two designations the steel 'Combat Commander' and the alloy 'Lightweight Commander' in 1969 adding the 'Lightweight' to the name to differentiate it from the steel gun. Serial numbers started with CLW001001 in 1969.
wiki has a pretty accurate write up regarding the pistol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Commander
'The Colt Commander is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning designed M1911. It was the first mass-produced pistol with an aluminium alloy frame and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in 9mm Parabellum.
The pistol that would eventually be named the Colt Commander was Colt's Manufacturing Company's candidate in a U.S. government post-World War II trial to find a lighter replacement for the M1911 pistol that would be issued to officers. Requirements were issued in 1949 that the pistol had to be chambered for 9mm Parabellum and could not exceed 7 inches in length or weigh more than 25 ounces.'
Proof House has Colt serial number information regarding the Commander but it's listed under the later name of Combat Commander.
http://proofhouse.com/colt/index.html (look under Combat Commander)
Nice pistols.