I'm not too knowledgeable on Colt 1911A1's. A local pawn shop has a strange one. It appears to be a a military marked pistol (M1911A1 U.S. ARMY on forward right frame)) with a boxed WB inspector stamp. The slide is not numbered to the frame under the firing pin stop but has the Colt pony logo between the patent dates and address on the left side and small p in front of rear sight. Some genius painted it desert tan and added some rubber grips and post war Colt marked barrel and some other parts. My confusion is the serial number: WK0151_. At first I thought I copied it wrong but that number is also on the pawn shop tag. This seems weird for what seems like a 1941-42 pistol. Anyone have information on this pistol? I posted this question in the U.S. small arms section too.
Thanks for any help!
Mike
Colt Serial Number Lookup
- I don't know about the online database, but when I called them with the S/N of a Colt pre-ban AR-15, they were able to tell me the month and year it was built. Click to expand. The online database is not all inclusive.
- The presence of VP proofmark in a triangle at the left front of the triggerguard; a GHD inspector marking or an M1911A1 marking with- out any spaces between the figures indicates an M1911A1 manufactured by Colt. A serial number preceded by an 'S' indicates an M1911A1 manufact- ured by Singer (not many of these around - an understatement) 3.
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Colt M1911a1 Serial Number Worth
The serial number tables on this page are for the Commercial line of 1911s. I wont' be much help in dating one of these guns after 1976. As always, I suggest you call the Colt Archive at 1-800-962-COLT.