Gov 1911

[GOYABEAN]

Never owned one what's the fair market value of these thinking about purchasing my first what should I lookout for

 

[dsdmmat]

The answer is:
depends.
The factors:
Used or new
Brand
Historical providence.

 

[Bananabandit]

They add a hidden speaker inside Gov 1911...an older type of Amazon Echo.

 

[GOYABEAN]

The answer is:
depends.
The factors:
Used or new
Brand
Historical providence.

Don't know historical providence other than it's been refurbished I believe guy has well over 30 in his collection

 

[dsdmmat]

Don't know historical providence other than it's been refurbished I believe guy has well over 30 in his collection

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Refurbished hurts the historical value. It is a 1911 not the A1 variant because it does not have the scallops on the frame behind the the trigger.

 

[dsdmmat]

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/55/1781/remington-arms-inc-1911-pistol-45-acp

This one is at auction for 3k

 

[GOYABEAN]

Refurbished hurts the historical value. It is a 1911 not the A1 variant because it does not have the scallops on the frame behind the the trigger.

I'm sure there's tons of 1911 in circulation I would be happy with a reliable shooter.

 

[GOYABEAN]

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/55/1781/remington-arms-inc-1911-pistol-45-acp

This one is at auction for 3k

This one is about half of 3k

 

[dsdmmat]

I'm sure there's tons of 1911 in circulation I would be happy with a reliable shooter.

The one you pictured doesn’t seem to have the Arsenal marks on the frame. I have no idea about the value but I would venture a guess over 1k for that specimen.

 

[GOYABEAN]

The one you pictured doesn’t seem to have the Arsenal marks on the frame. I have no idea about the value but I would venture a guess over 1k for that specimen.

He said it was a colt frame there seems to be a mark above the mag button.

 

[dsdmmat]

He said it was a colt frame there seems to be a mark above the mag button.

Yes I saw a very faint mark, but couldn’t tell what it was.

 

[GOYABEAN]

Yes I saw a very faint mark, but couldn’t tell what it was.

He has a few other C&R I might end up making a bundle and lowering price.

 

[repete]

I picked up one a year ago, 1940ish Remington Rand for $400. if some previous owner hadn't have made the STUPID mistake of Nickle plating it would've been worth 4 or 5 times that. Oh well makes a nice shooter.

 

[FrankenCub]

I picked up one a year ago, 1940ish Remington Rand for $400. if some previous owner hadn't have made the STUPID mistake of Nickle plating it would've been worth 4 or 5 times that. Oh well makes a nice shooter.

My first center fire handgun was a '44 Remington Rand 1911. Also paid 400 for it. Of course I promptly put another $1500+ into it making it a bullseye gun lol.

 

[repete]

My first center fire handgun was a '44 Remington Rand 1911. Also paid 400 for it. Of course I promptly put another $1500+ into it making it a bullseye gun lol.

I'm going to try to avoid doing that and I'm pretty sure I can restrain myself.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Don't know historical providence other than it's been refurbished I believe guy has well over 30 in his collection

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They certainly made a nice billboard out of that slide.

 

[GOYABEAN]

They certainly made a nice billboard out of that slide.

Yeah that's just one side looking at a Spanish Star B also similar to 1911 other than trigger and no grip safety and not 45cal they're 9mm