If there are any numbers that appear to be missing that were made prior to 2008, that are not AR-15's, and are not commemorative / limited issues, please post them within this thread and I will work to have any issues resolved. Some notable exceptions are most AR-15 platform manufacture dates and a number of commemorative firearms. There are still a small number of gaps, and missing numbers, however, most firearms should appear in the new lookup. Currently, it should contain the overwhelming majority of serial numbers manufactured from the beginning through approximately 2008. I've been working over the last couple months to have as complete of a database of numbers as possible. So that's the legit serial number as far as they are concerned and the gunsmith and I haven't a clue why that number was chosen, allowed to be used, or what it means.Just wanted to share should be a significantly more complete database for Colt manufacture dates, by serial number, on the Colt website. Regardless, it passed muster with ATF and DES.
The gun was that way when he bought it from a private individual before I bought it from him.
That's the best guess scenario the gunsmith can come up with and neither of us really have a clue. Back then, whenever that was, the gunsmith says they may have been allowed to re serial number the thing with their own serial number when the factory serial number was destroyed or obscured from either the refurbishing or plating process. Hence they may have ground the bejesus out of it to get the rust out of it before plating and lost the serial number. This pistol may have been rusted up pretty well before it was nickel plated. The nickel job was not very good either with, in some spots, rust coming through.
According to the gunsmith, when it was nickel plated the methods they used to remove the factory finish was crude and a lot of details, like serial numbers, were lost or obscured from the metal. This 1911 was manufactured before 1926 and has been well used.
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