Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
Very nice!!! Was briefly interested in an M45 but they are very collectible!



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.
I had to look up the number again, it is 164xxxx. Websites say 1944 production I guess.