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Faulkner
02-21-2016, 07:18 PM
I was following up on a lead of a Colt 1911 that was reportedly for sale at an estate liquidation. The 1911 was not what I was looking for, but I stumbled on this Colt model 1903 that I picked up at a reasonable price. Serial number indicates it left the Colt factory in 1923. Appears to have been fired very little and has been maintained well for a 93 year old firearm.

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imanaknut
02-21-2016, 07:25 PM
While I have no place in my collection for a .32 this one would have been hard to pass up. Great condition!
rci2950
02-21-2016, 07:26 PM
sweet find! That is a jewel!
Full Otto
02-21-2016, 07:43 PM
93 that's hard to believe what a nice gun
I missed a sale this weekend wish I had gone at least went to see what they had
Went up to the Valpo gun show and the wait to get in was an hour so I just turned around a went home
Heard about the sale after it was done
Oh well glad someone made out well
tr6r
02-21-2016, 07:51 PM
Beautiful gun ! You must have already bought up all the M1 carbines in the area.
Helen Keller
02-21-2016, 08:23 PM
very nice.

i have it's ugly spanish clone sitting here, have to fit the new grips on it.
O.S.O.K.
02-22-2016, 06:25 PM
Wow. That is awesome! This is not your first estate sale score IIRC...

I don't know what you paid but if I had a chance to get that at a good price, I'd jump. Very cool.
ltorlo64
02-22-2016, 08:26 PM
I can't believe that gun was made in 1923! That is a beauty! All I ever find at estate sales are old, broken furniture.
Faulkner
02-25-2016, 07:13 PM
Beautiful gun ! You must have already bought up all the M1 carbines in the area.

Yeah, it's getting tougher to find the nicer USGI M1 carbines at anywhere near decent prices these days. The up side of this is I'm well positioned for retirement one of these days. :)




Wow. That is awesome! This is not your first estate sale score IIRC...

I don't know what you paid but if I had a chance to get that at a good price, I'd jump. Very cool.

I have had a few past finds a estate sales, but my forte is gun show parking lots.
L1A1Rocker
02-26-2016, 02:03 PM
Wow, that is B. E. A. utiful! There's one of those in my late father's collection, but not as nice looking as yours. That's a real find, and a great peace of history.