COLT M1911 IN cal.455

[T BIRD]

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE I PRESENT  A BRITISH CONTRACT 1911 THAT WAS ADOPTER AT THE START OF WW1.  MAINLY BECAUSE PRODUCTION OF THE WEBLEY AUTO LOADER WAS NOT ENOUGH TO  MEET  REQUIREMENTS. THOUGH THERE WERE COLT 45"s IN USE AT THE TIME THE ADOPTED M1911 COLT WOULD BE IN cal.455  SINCE THE AMMO WAS ALREADY AVAILABLE. BECAUSE THE .455  WAS A SEMI RIMMED CARTRIDGE IT IS NOT FUNCTIONAL IN THE COLT cal.45.  BEST; T BIRD

[Carrabassett]

Wow, really a neat pistol! I’ve never seen one before, great piece of history! Thanks for sharing!

[T BIRD]

THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT  Carrabassett

[SARGE]

Congratulations on a very nice contract Colt.  I particularly like the proper matching magazine.

 

I presume the holster is a private purchase or armorer made one?

 

 

 

[T BIRD]

HI  SARGE;  THANK YOU,  I WAS GLAD TO FIND IT,  SINCE  A COLT M1911 WAS ON THE LIST OF "MUST  ACQUIRE"

ITEMS.   THE HOLSTER AS YOU SAY IS A PRIVATE PURCHASE OR ARMORER MADE ONE. BY ALL APPEARANCES IS

ORIGINAL TO THE PISTOL.. IT'S CLOSURE SNAP IS  OF THE  "LIFT THE DOT"  VARIETY.  THANK'S AGAIN;    T BIRD

[dcollector]

A rare bird, very nice, really a cool one for the collection.

Now you have the joy of tracking down the extraordinarily expensive .455 MKII ammo.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[T BIRD]

5 minutes ago, dcollector said:

A rare bird, very nice, really a cool one for the collection.

Now you have the joy of tracking down the extraordinarily expensive .455 MKII ammo.

 

Thanks for sharing!

THANK YOU FOR LIKING IT dcollector. THE AMMO WOULD BE FOR DISPLAY ONLY ; BEST, T BIRD

[dcollector]

9 hours ago, T BIRD said:

THANK YOU FOR LIKING IT dcollector. THE AMMO WOULD BE FOR DISPLAY ONLY ; BEST, T BIRD

Indeed, that's all it's for.

But those nice old cartons look so nice with the guns.

 

A box of 1943 .45acp with a my wartime Colt 1911A1 (Colt factory.)

Wartime .45acp is easier to find than .455 MKII - though the Canadian and British cartons with the green ink are around.

 

 

[T BIRD]

4 hours ago, dcollector said:

Indeed, that's all it's for.

But those nice old cartons look so nice with the guns.

 

A box of 1943 .45acp with a my wartime Colt 1911A1 (Colt factory.)

Wartime .45acp is easier to find than .455 MKII - though the Canadian and British cartons with the green ink are around.

 

 

nice pistol and ammo you have.  .45CAL will work on a .455  but not the other way.   thanks again. dcollector  best  T BIRD