The serrations on the mainspring housing, slide and slide release are sharp. The hammer checkering and safety serrations show light wear. The barrel still has most of its bluing, but there is some thinning in the port area. The slide and frame each show a few light marks in the finish with a mark underneath the slide release and a long mark on the right side of the frame behind the grip. There is thinning on the edges of the slide, frame, slide release and safety. Overall Condition: This pistol retains about 93% of its metal finish. Type of Finish: This pistol has a Parkerized finish.įinish Originality: The finish is original.īore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp. The grips rate in about Excellent condition. The checkering is sharp with a very minor mar on the left side of the grip. Stock Configuration & Condition: The grips are checkered reddish brown plastic. Sights / Optics: The pistol is mounted with a square notched rear sight dovetailed into the slide and a short blade with a slight serrated ramp front sight fixed to the slide. The left side of the barrel lug is marked “P” and the right side “HS”, identifying the barrel as one of the High Standard barrels supplied to Ithaca. The right front of the trigger guard is marked “O”. Army” and at the rear behind the grip panel with an Ordnance Inspection Stamp. The right side of the frame is marked “United States Property / No. Army” and the top of the slide is marked with a “P” proof in front of the rear sight. The right side of the slide is marked “M 1911 A1 U.S. Atwood, inspector for Ithaca and Remington Rand. The “FJA” mark is the final inspection mark of Lt. Y.” The left side of the frame behind the trigger is marked “FJA” and “P” and marked at the front of the trigger guard with a “+” Ithaca proof mark. Markings: The left side of the slide is marked “Ithaca Gun Co., Inc.
1911a1 serial numbers full#
The full blued magazine is unmarked.Action Type: Single Action, Semi-Automatic with Removable Magazine There are strengthening ribs, mold marks and the Keyes star on the inside of the stocks. The early style Keyes Fibre Co., stocks lack reinforcing rings around the screw holes. The blued barrel has the "H.S." (High Standard) marking on the right lug and a "P" proofmark on the left. The left side of the slide is roll-stamped: ITHACA GUN CO.,/ITHACA, N.Y." in two lines. The top of the slide is stamped with a "P" proofmark between the rear sight and the ejection port. A "P" proofmark is stamped on the left side of the receiver behind the magazine release. The Ordnance final inspection mark "FJA" is stamped vertically on the left side of the receiver below the slide stop.
"UNITED STATES PROPERTY/No 1451272" is stamped in two lines behind the slide stop hole and "M 1911 A1 U.S.ARMY" is stamped in one line in front of it. The right side of the receiver is stamped with the Ordnance Corps escutcheon behind the grip. Small Ordnance 'Shell and Flame' insignias are stamped in the receiver barrel channel and on the back of the slide above the firing pin hole. The left side of the trigger guard bow is stamped with the distinctive Ithaca factory proofmark. The pistol has a seven-rib mainspring housing, narrow hammer with serrated spur, serrated safety lock and slide stop and stamped trigger. The pistol is fitted with checkered, brown plastic stocks and is complete with a full-blued magazine. The slide and receiver have a gray-green parkerized finish and the barrel is blued.
1911a1 serial numbers serial number#
Ithaca Model 1911A1 pistols in this serial number range were shipped to Ogden Arsenal and the Benicia Ordnance Depot in May 1944. Model 1911A1 Semi-automatic pistol was manufactured by the Ithaca Gun Co., of Ithaca, New York, in 1944.