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My former father in law came over from WA State to visit and gave this to me. It was given to him by a WW II vet that took it from an SS Colonel in the Ardennes Forest. I do not know if the Col. was alive or dead at the time, and it doesn't matter!!! It is BEAUTIFUL, and note that the holster is...

I bought this nice HP at a gun show and sent it down the John Norell and had him refinish it with his Moly Resin finish. I just got it back and I have Meprolite Night Sights on order..-----[:D] Here you can see how the MK II slide was slotted for the MK III sights.

This old warhorse has been there and done that!!!

This photo is of my display case with Col Wilkers Colt... I am a Vietnam Vet....

This Colt was carried by an P47N pilot in the Pacific. I have all his service records....

Ens Tom Anderson was the OOD of the USS UTAH on Dec 7, 1941. He had just assumed the watch at 0800, when the first torpedo struck the ship at 0805. He was wearing this rig at the time. He survived the attack and was assigned to the 14Th Naval District Sampan Group on Dec 26, 1941 and kept the...

A Colt and a US&S in the duplicate serial number ranges!!

An absolutely correct and original 1918 Colt Government Model .455 RAF Eley/Webley!!!! I don't usually collect this type of Colt, however I could not let this one get away!! I will post more detailed photos tomorrow!! It is hard to find one with the original Colt blue finish.. It has a...

This Colt was carried by Colonel William K. Lanman USMC who was a Naval Aviator... More info on the Colonel..

An absolutely correct and original 1918 Colt Government Model .455 RAF Eley/Webley!!!! I don't usually collect this type of Colt, however I could not let this one get away!! It is hard to find one with the original Colt blue finish.. Most were refinished...... This one may have been used by a...

I traded a Browning HP for this Colt for the frame. I had a Ciener .22 Conversion Unit I wanted mount on it. Well, the doggone thing shot so good as a .45, that I wound up with 2 shooters. Someone rebuilt this 1918 Colt with a Wilson SS barrel and fit it well, and it has been refinished it with...

This historic Colt was carried by a good friend and associate of my father. It was purchased while Ranger Rohatsch was a motorcycle officer in the Texas Highway Patrol. He joined the Rangers in 1935.. I acquired the 1939 photo of Ranger Rohatsch from the Texas State Archives... He and my father...

I was in South Vietnam in 1967 doing Bomb Damage Assessment. The Navy was using MK 82 500# bombs that were dated back to WW II!!! Many were not detonating and the VC were digging them up and making booby traps out of the explosive.. I was a Navy CPO and was the leader of an EOD team. We usually...

I bought this Colt for the frame for a .22 conversion.. Here is the 1918 Colt with the .45 slide. I have replaced the stocks with good repros, also the A1 hammer with a 1911 style and a 1911A1 grip safety... It had a full length guide rod which I replaced with the original GI type spring...

I was going through some old "stuff" I have had for years, and came across a Ciener Conversion unit that I bought over 10 years ago. I have been looking for a frame since I found it and this weekend on the next table to me at the Lynden, WA gun show he had a late 1918 M1911 Colt that had been...

I just installed a lanyard ring on one of my BHP MK IIIs and here are a couple of photos.. I bought the ring and stud from SARCO Inc. and used a #28 drill for the hole. The tap is 8/36..... This HP also has a Cylinder & Slide wide trigger and extended safety, also an Inglis ring hammer...