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Serial Number Ranges For The M1911-A1 Pistol-1

This document provides serial number ranges for the M1911-A1 pistol produced by different manufacturers between 1924-1945. It shows that Colt produced the majority between 1924-1945, with production also by Ithaca Gun Co. between 1943-1945, Remington Rand between 1942-1945, and Union Switch & Signal in 1943. The ranges indicate annual production quantities in the millions by Colt and hundreds of thousands by other manufacturers during World War II.

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Serial Number Ranges For The M1911-A1 Pistol-1

This document provides serial number ranges for the M1911-A1 pistol produced by different manufacturers between 1924-1945. It shows that Colt produced the majority between 1924-1945, with production also by Ithaca Gun Co. between 1943-1945, Remington Rand between 1942-1945, and Union Switch & Signal in 1943. The ranges indicate annual production quantities in the millions by Colt and hundreds of thousands by other manufacturers during World War II.

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Serial number ranges for the M1911-A1 pistol

Serial Number Ranges


Year

Colt 1924-1945

1924

700001-710000

1937

710001-712349

1938

712350-713645

1939

713646-717281

1940

717282-721977

1941

721978-756733

1942

756734-793657

1942-USN

793658-797639

1942

797640-800000

1942

801001-856100

1942-43

856101-958100

1943

1088726-1092896

1943-44

1096405-1208673 (1944: ~1155000-1208673)

1944-45

1609529-1743846 (1945: ~1720000-1743846)

1945

2244804-2368781 (Last pistol by Colt)

Year

(1943: ~862000-958100)

Ithaca Gun Co. 1943-1945

1943

856405-916404

1943-44

1208674-1279673

1944

1441431-1471430

1944-45

1816642-1890503

(see Ithaca shipping records)

1944-45

2075104-2134403

(1945: 2110465-2134403)

1945

2619014-2660318

(last pistol)

Year

(1944:~1235000-1279673)

Remington Rand, Inc. 1942-1945

1942-43

916405-1041404

(1943:~921675-1041404)

1943-44

1279699-1441430

(1944:~1363700-1441430)

1944

1471431-1609528

1944

1743847-1816641

1944-45

1890504-2075103

1945

2134404-2244803

1945

2380014-2465139

Year
1943

(1945:~2031550-2075103)
(last pistol)

Union Switch & Signal 1943


1041405-1096404

(55,000 total production)

The preceding information was obtained


from "Colt .45 Service Pistols Models of
1911 and 1911A1", by Charles W.
Clawson.

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