Quote Originally Posted by Blockhead View Post
Here are my three. 1) Colt 1911 frame with WWII Ithaca slide, AA rebuild 2) WWII Ithaca 3) modern M45A1 with USMC provenance
Very nice!!! Was briefly interested in an M45 but they are very collectible!

Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
Only took me an hour of looking. Here's my war bring back gun, I assume from Vietnam.
With no rebuild marks (that I can see) that might be even more interesting. I thought most of the M1911A1s were rebuilt going into VN.

There are guys on the 1911 boards that know everything and could probably tell you.

Slides below Colt serial 11400001-1145000 should be stamped with the serial under the firing pin plate. Rebuilt guns are seldom numbers matching.