"There were a lot of Colt 1911s in this auction. Does anybody know if John was into these?"
I don't think any of the military items were John's.
I bought the cut-away Savage pistol. Since I have two cut-away rifles, 1899 and 99, I thought I should have a pistol to go with them. Why buy a gun you can't shoot...already have a .300 EG and wanted something different.
Was hoping to pickup an 1895 or two but that didn't happen.