Guns International #: 102388804
Seller's Inventory #: 22627

Category - North American Arms - 1911 Pistols

Category
North American Arms
1911 Pistols

Extremely Rare North American Arms Co. 1911

Description:
This is a very rare North American Arms Co. Model 1911 from 1918. These are the rarest of all military contract 1911s, with only ~100 such pistols ever completed. In 1918, the U.S. government initially placed an order for 500,000 of these to be made by North American Arms Co. of Quebec, but they didn’t have the manufacturing or materials to even get the project off the ground. All completed examples were done so after the war, either as tool room examples or assembled from the parts on hand. A few distinct features include the uncheckered hammer, unmarked barrels, mainspring housing without lanyard ring and location of the serial numbers. Unfortunately, the finish on this particular example has been completely restored, including the finish on the barrel. The grips are in terrific condition but were replaced at some point. Barrel is correctly unmarked throughout, and smooth at the transition of the chamber portion on the underside. Bore is nice and clean with strong rifling and a little frost. Two-tone magazine. The listing also includes a copy of the original import paperwork.

SOLD

Curio/Relic: Yes
Handgun Caliber: .45 ACP (.45 Auto)