Probably cracked it when that did that nice texture job with a center punch.
more than likely he will probably just pass it on to his boy bc he really doesn't have any interest in firearms.
I'm not sure that's a crack. There's a line on the other side too. I think that's where the texture, probably serrations, originally started but it's been ground down and stippled. Not 100% 'cause mine has a knurled mainspring housing, but the knurling doesn't go from edge to edge and starts in the same place as those lines. And that housing looks really squared off and short versus mine, so I think it was trimmed down.
Around here that would be $950 and they would assure you it was 100% as issued USGI. WW2, WW1, maybe even Civil War era.
I seriously doubt the ones I’m talking about are true “service“ 1911’s either, but that doesn’t stop someone from making claims and asking a ridiculous price.
Lol. Look how the frame is ground around the grip safety.
I'm not sure Essex was in business in the 60's, early 70's during the Vietnam era and 1911s with Essex cast frames were ever formerly issued by the military.
Not that rough. This gun is a 1914 production date and doesn’t even come close to looking that rough.
My point was just that I have a mixmaster on a colt frame with actual military provenance, with less wear, that was purchased for $850. I think the OP's pistol is worth less than that value, given the wear, cast frame, and lack of provenance.
I understand. My statement was completely unrelated.
Pretty sure it is an S, not a 5. Should mean pistol was meant for commercial sales and not gubment which would have a G there
Ahh dang ok. Maybe a rack number then? Mine does not have anything like that
Oh hmmm could be?
Is it an Arsenal rebuild? Maybe spent some time after .mil service with a pd, prison, or some other civil service org.
I don't believe so. My dad said that the officer who gave it to him had kept it since leaving the military sometime after the Korean War. Has the original holster, too. It's a relatively low serial for Ithaca and while it MAY have been rebuilt after WWII, I'm not convinced. Small parts (hammer, mainspring housing, trigger, slide-stop) appear to be Colt style ones with the knurling on, but since it's such a low number, Ithaca might've used existing Colt parts? I couldn't say. Slide is a Korean War-era replacement "hard slide" by Colt. I can't find any indication of arsenal rebuild marks.
Serial number is below 900k i assume? Been reading some and may be the numbers didn’t appear until the 900k serial number range. Supposedly it’s the assemblers stamp.
My apologies, I made an error in reading the serial number. I thought it was within the first 100; it's within the first 2K lol. But out of 60K pistols, that's still pretty low! I amended the post.
I’m gonna go with some sort of rack number or tracking number for accountability. My best guess
On Colts the ## number there is an assembler's number, apparently. I'm guessing something similar for this one.
