Colt Model M1911A1 Military Shipments 1924-1945

• PRE-WAR AUTOS (1899-1945)

• Ace
• Conversion Units
• Experimental Prototypes
• Government Models
• M1911
• M1911A1
• Model 1900
• Model 1902
• Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
• Model 1903 Pocket Hammer

• +

• Model 1905
• Model 1907
• Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless
• Model 1908 Vest Pocket
• National Match
• Service Model Ace
• Super .38
• Super Match
• Woodsman First Series
• Woodsman Match Target First Series

• POST-WAR AUTOS (1945+)

• Camp Perry National Match
• Challenger & Huntsman
• Commander
• Conversion Units
• CQBP - M45A1
• Delta Elite
• Government Models
• Junior
• Mustang
• National Match

• +

• Rock Island Armory M15 General Officers
• Service Model Ace
• Super .38
• Targetsman
• Woodsman Second Series
• Woodsman Third Series
• Woodsman Match Target Second Series
• Woodsman Match Target Third Series

Selling Your Gun?

• PRE-WAR AUTOS (1899-1945)
  • Ace
  • Conversion Units
  • Experimental Prototypes
  • Government Models
  • M1911
  • M1911A1
  • Model 1900
  • Model 1902
  • Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
  • Model 1903 Pocket Hammer
• +
  • Model 1905
  • Model 1907
  • Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless
  • Model 1908 Vest Pocket
  • National Match
  • Service Model Ace
  • Super .38
  • Super Match
  • Woodsman First Series
  • Woodsman Match Target First Series
• POST-WAR AUTOS (1945+)
  • Camp Perry National Match
  • Challenger & Huntsman
  • Commander
  • Conversion Units
  • CQBP - M45A1
  • Delta Elite
  • Government Models
  • Junior
  • Mustang
  • National Match
• +
  • Rock Island Armory M15 General Officers
  • Service Model Ace
  • Super .38
  • Targetsman
  • Woodsman Second Series
  • Woodsman Third Series
  • Woodsman Match Target Second Series
  • Woodsman Match Target Third Series
• 

  Selling Your Gun?

• ANTIQUE REVOLVERS (PRE 1898)

• M1892

• PRE-WAR REVOLVERS (1899-1945)

• Army Special
• Bankers Special
• Camp Perry
• Commando
• Detective Special
• M1917
• New Service
• Officers Model
• Official Police
• Pocket Positive / New Pocket
• Police Positive
• Shooting Master
• Single Action Army

• POST-WAR REVOLVERS

• 357 Magnum
• Aircrewman
• Bankers Special
• Detective Special
• Diamondback
• Officers Model
• Python
• Trooper
• Viper

Selling Your Gun?

• ANTIQUE REVOLVERS (PRE 1898)
  • M1892
• PRE-WAR REVOLVERS (1899-1945)
  • Army Special
  • Bankers Special
  • Camp Perry
  • Commando
  • Detective Special
  • M1917
  • New Service
  • Officers Model
  • Official Police
  • Pocket Positive / New Pocket
  • Police Positive
  • Shooting Master
  • Single Action Army
• POST-WAR REVOLVERS
  • 357 Magnum
  • Aircrewman
  • Bankers Special
  • Detective Special
  • Diamondback
  • Officers Model
  • Python
  • Trooper
  • Viper
• 

  Selling Your Gun?

• SHIPPING DATES

• 38 Super & Super Match
• Ace and Service Model Ace
• Camp Perry
• Conversion Unit Kits
• Government Model & National Match
• Junior
• M1911
• M1911A1

• +

• Model 1903 .32 / 38ACP
• Model 1905 / 1907 - U.S. Military Trials
• Model 1908 .25 / .380
• National Match 1911 SA/RIA
• Official Police
• Pocket Postive
• Woodsman, Match Target, Challenger, Huntsman and Targetsman

Looking to sell your gun?

• SHIPPING DATES
  • 38 Super & Super Match
  • Ace and Service Model Ace
  • Camp Perry
  • Conversion Unit Kits
  • Government Model & National Match
  • Junior
  • M1911
  • M1911A1
• +
  • Model 1903 .32 / 38ACP
  • Model 1905 / 1907 - U.S. Military Trials
  • Model 1908 .25 / .380
  • National Match 1911 SA/RIA
  • Official Police
  • Pocket Postive
  • Woodsman, Match Target, Challenger, Huntsman and Targetsman
• 

  Looking to sell your gun?

Colt Model M1911A1 Military Shipments 1924-1945

Date	Serial Start	Serial End	Manufacturer	Quantity:
1924	700001	710000	Colt	10,000
1937	710001	711605	Colt (USN 836, USA 769)	1,605
1937	711606	712349	Colt (USN)	744
1938	712350	713645	Colt	1296
1939	713646	717281	Colt USN	3,636
1940	717282	721977	Colt	4,696
1941	721978	756733	Colt	34,756
1942	756734	793657	Colt	36,924
1942	793658	797639	Colt USN	3982
1942	797640	800000	Colt	2,361
1941	S800001	S800500	Singer Mfg. Co.	500
1941	H800501	H80100	(Assigned to H&R)
1942	801001	856100	Colt	55,100
1942-43	856101	958100	Colt (1943: ±862000-958100)	102,000
856101	856404	(Replacement numbers)	304
1943	*856405	916404	Ithaca	60,000
1942-43	*916405	1041404	Rem. Rand (1943: ±921700-1041404)	125,000
1943	*1041405	1096404	Union Switch & Signal	55,000
1943	1088726	1092896	Colt	4,171
1943-44	1096405	1208673	Colt (1944: ±1155000-1208673)	112,269
1943-44	1208674	1279673	Ithaca (1944: ±1235000-1279673)	71,000
1279674	1279698	(Replacement numbers)	25
1943-44	1279699	1441430	Rand (1944: ±1363700-1441430)	161,732
1944	1441431	1471430	Ithaca	30,000
1944	1471431	1609528	Remington Rand	138,098
1944-45	1609529	1743846	Colt (1945: ±1720000-1743846)	134,318
1944	1743847	1816641	Remington. Rand	72,795
1944-45	1816642	1890503	Ithaca (1945:1816642-1845997)	73,862
1944-45	1890504	2075103	Rem. Rand (1945: ±2031600-2075103)	184,600
1944-45	2075104	2134403	Ithaca (1945: 2110465-2134403)	59,300
1945	2134404	2244803	Remington Rand	110,400
1945	2244804	2380013	Colt approximately	119,450
1945	-2368781	Last pistol manufactured by Colt
1945	2380014	2619013	Remington Rand	85,126
1945	-2465139	Last pistol manufactured by Remington Rand
1945	2619014	2693613	Ithaca	41,305
1945	-2660318	Last pistol manufactured by Ithaca

*  Colt duplicated the following serial numbers:
(856405- 916404)		60,000 pistols in the Ithaca serial range
(916405- 958100)		41,696 pistols in the Remington Rand serial range
(1088726-1092896)		4,171 pistols in the US&S serial range
± Indicates the approximate serial number at the beginning of the year, as those pistols were not manufactured or shipped in numerical order.
NOTE: Colt and Ithaca serial numbers based on shipping records. All other pistols based on procurement records.

Charles W. Clawson. Collector's Guide to Colt .45 Service Pistols: Models of 1911 and 1911A1 Third Edition.Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5216

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