Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by rockdoc
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Not a rifle, but my grandfather carried this through both World Wars. It looks like 1913.

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Beautiful. Love these early 1911's. Especially with a history like yours.


Ya learn something new every day. I was at the range shooting it one day and the guy in the next stall looks over says that he liked my 1911. I told him it was my grandfather's gun and he carried it through both World Wars. He asked me if he was in the Marine Corps. I said that he was and I asked him how he knew that. He said that the diamonds on the grips were specific to the Marine Corps.


Well that's not true. They all had double diamond grips up until the 1911A1