My Prize 1911 Colt WWI .45 auto.

[rifleshooter474]

[chiefpropellerhead]

wow, very nice weapon

[rifleshooter474]

wow, very nice weapon

Posted another view of it.

Found at a pawn shop in 1965 thought it was a polished and blued WWII 1911, it was in really rough finish, paid $40US for it. Had it reblued the guy doing it did the detailing on hammer and trigger without asking me.
He blued it and gave me a new bbl. for $20US.
Not until I took it to a gun show in Tulsa did someone tell me what it really was.
The S/N is in the same group as some have noted Sgt Yorks Colt 1911 .45 is in, no one can really confirm the truth of this statement so I just post it as what I have read not saying it is the truth.

[B2Tall]

Wow. I'd leave it at that but the site requires me to have at least 15 characters in a post.

[walt629]

Very nice!

My dad brought his service 1911 back with him when he came back from the European Theater and he had it up to the late 60's. He kept it in his sock drawer (it was okay to do that back then!) and he showed it to me many times and actually let me handle it. I was thrilled every time he would bring it out.

Then he got remaried and the step-*******-brother got ahold of it and took it. When dad got it back he decided to get it out of the house so he sold it to a coworker. I never saw it again. Just another reason to hate my step leaches.

Man! I'd love to have that 1911 now.

Long way of saying I'm jelous!

[Bighouse Doc]

Very nice!

My dad brought his service 1911 back with him when he came back from the European Theater and he had it up to the late 60's. He kept it in his sock drawer (it was okay to do that back then!) and he showed it to me many times and actually let me handle it. I was thrilled every time he would bring it out.

Then he got remaried and the step-*******-brother got ahold of it and took it. When dad got it back he decided to get it out of the house so he sold it to a coworker. I never saw it again. Just another reason to hate my step leaches.

Man! I'd love to have that 1911 now.

Long way of saying I'm jelous!

Every WW2 vet I know not only had to turn their weapons in, but were warned that any US weapons taken with them were to be considered "STOLEN."

Unless sold off as surplus, or DCM, so called "Vet Bring Back" US weapons were simply stolen property!

-Doc

[walt629]

Every WW2 vet I know not only had to turn their weapons in, but were warned that any US weapons taken with them were to be considered "STOLEN."

Unless sold off as surplus, or DCM, so called "Vet Bring Back" US weapons were simply stolen property!

-Doc

Well thanks for shattering a boyhood memory of a father long gone, Doc. So now my Dad was a theif. Nice. Real nice. Thanks again.

[Bighouse Doc]

Well thanks for shattering a boyhood memory of a father long gone, Doc. So now my Dad was a theif. Nice. Real nice. Thanks again.

A lot of enlisted soldiers, who weren't ISSUED pistols, had their families MAIL (it was still legal) them handguns. Those were personal property and could be brought home.

All ISSUED weapons all had to be turned in. Period!

Sure there were soldiers who reported their weapons as "Combat Losses" and mailed their issued weapons home.

-Doc

[ellwood45c]

So what would be the action taken if a guy had a 1911 bring back. Could there be laegl action taken.

[Bighouse Doc]

If it is a government weapon, it is theft!

While I am sure the statute of limitations has expired, the "bring Back" weapon was NOT brought back legally.

If you know it is stolen, there are laws about keeping stolen property.

-Doc