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Picked this up today. Springfield Armory made approximately 30,000 1911s, only producing them in 1914 and 1915 in a government contract with Colt prior to the start of WW1. This 111 year old warhorse was rebuilt at Augusta Arsenal (AA) sometime around WW2 where it was parkerized and received replacement parts. If this 1911 could talk

Picked this up today. Springfield Armory made approximately 30,000 1911s, only producing them in 1914 and 1915 in a government contract with Colt, prior to the start of WW1. This 111 year old warhorse was rebuilt at Augusta Arsenal (AA) sometime around WW2 where it was parkerized and received replacement parts. If this 1911 could talk