jaysouth
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Two weeks ago, I was in Michigan for an army reunion. During cocktail hour on the opening day, I was talking to a retired Col who was a platoon leader when I was in the unit in VN. He got around to telling me a tale about a GI 1911A1 he owned.
He bought it in a rod and gun club in Germany around 1960. He paid $35 for the gun and two magazines. it was a Colt 1911A1 with British and German proof marks!!
When he went to VN, he took the gun with him, for two or three tours. When he got back to Fort Bragg after his last tour, the gun was in really bad shape. He took it to a local smith to be reblued.
I shouted, "roger, I wish you would have not told me about it being reblued". He shrugged, and said, it really didn't make any difference, a week after I got it back from the smith, someone broke into my house and stole it.
It ruined my whole weekend. I shudder to think what that gun was worth today if it hadn't been reblued. He still has the bill of sale from the rod and gun club in Germany.
He bought it in a rod and gun club in Germany around 1960. He paid $35 for the gun and two magazines. it was a Colt 1911A1 with British and German proof marks!!
When he went to VN, he took the gun with him, for two or three tours. When he got back to Fort Bragg after his last tour, the gun was in really bad shape. He took it to a local smith to be reblued.
I shouted, "roger, I wish you would have not told me about it being reblued". He shrugged, and said, it really didn't make any difference, a week after I got it back from the smith, someone broke into my house and stole it.
It ruined my whole weekend. I shudder to think what that gun was worth today if it hadn't been reblued. He still has the bill of sale from the rod and gun club in Germany.