As of March 2015, you can purchase an American made 1911 for $500--$2000 or more.
There are foreign made 1911 that are dependable and well made for a little less, starting around $400.
1911, and remodled in 1927
Regent is made in Turkey. Norinco is made in China. Both make a M1911 type pistol
Colt M1911 chambered with the .45 ACP. No pistol has been made that is better than the original Colt. Still used today by some military and police. The Smith & Wesson K22 is the best revolver ever made.
The Colt M1911 was designed 1911.
your pistol was made by Ithaca Company in 1943. Value depends on overall condition...
The Colt M1911, a semiautomatic pistol invented by John Browning, was first made in 1910, and subsequently adopted into service with the United States Army in 1911.
made in 1943 by Remington Rand. pistol manufcturers i.d. by serial number. if your slide says Ithaca it was probably put on after field cleaning when all parts are mixed when putting back together.
A .45 is a gun with an internal bore diameter of .45 of an inch. Generally, when people speak of "a forty-five" they are referring to a US Army M1911/M1911A1 pistol or a clone made in that style.
your pistol was made by colt in 1918. you are probably reading 'remibgton rand' off the slide. It is not unusual to have the wrong slide on a colt pistol. this happends when a number of 45's are broken down for cleaning and parts are mixed when put together.
"1911" refers to the US Pistol M1911 and M1911A1 handguns designed by John Moses Browning, as well as a large number of production and custom pistols based on the design made by various manufacturers. These pistols range form exact replicas of the military issue guns to highly modified guns for various types of competition. The M1911 pistol is a single action handgun, chambered in .45 ACP. The original magazine capacity is 7 rounds, with 8 round magazines being common now. The pistol uses the Browning tilting barrel breech locking system.
made by Ithaca in 1944
Yes.. offhand, I know of two. Magnum Research made the Desert Eagle available in .357 Magnum, and Coonan Arms manufactured a semi-auto .357 Magnum, based on the M1911 pattern pistols.