I happened on an older gentleman at the range today shooting a Kimber .22 conversion on top of a nice vintage 1911 —issued in 1914 he said. He did not have the slide with him since he only shoots .22 now at his age (near 90 as best I could tell).
It did have the right look, frame shape, original grip safety type, smooth mainspring housing, armory proof markings. He said he would put the slide in his range bag for his next trip. Finish was mostly gone but had a nice shiny patina.
I guess my question is: IF the slide is matching everything I saw and is correct for the original model, what’s the value for something like that? Just ballpark. Is this collectible? Is it significant?
Thanks.
It did have the right look, frame shape, original grip safety type, smooth mainspring housing, armory proof markings. He said he would put the slide in his range bag for his next trip. Finish was mostly gone but had a nice shiny patina.
I guess my question is: IF the slide is matching everything I saw and is correct for the original model, what’s the value for something like that? Just ballpark. Is this collectible? Is it significant?
Thanks.