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CAS TOPICS => 1911 & Wild Bunch Shooting => Topic started by: Major 2 on September 18, 2021, 08:48:35 AM
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I'm not sure if this is of interest to Wild Bunch or more to The Barracks
I had never seen these or knew they existed, but found it quite interesting
1911 Navy Pistol Racks , they are two sided ( holds 6 1911's )
this particular sold for $195 on the COLT Forum.
So I did a little search, and found 3 more listed on eBay at :o some big dollars .
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Sure is a new one to me!
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:) Well Now ;)
Now that we (some of us) have seen them, a rather simple design easily duplicated.
I do wonder where they have been hiding all these years though.
Lets Play Safe Out There
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Finished
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I spent 20 years in the navy. Every ship had these. .45s were stored in them in the ships armory.
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I have seen photos of several , most have
PISTOL RACK
45 CAL. COLT AUTO PISTOL
MODEL 1911-A1
ORD. DR. NO. 42807
MFG. at NAVY YARD, PHILA. PA
Though I have seen one with cut figures (dated 7-1944) and one with no stamp ...
I don't know how many may have survived, but I saw one sold for $195 and two others listed @ $425 & $495 on eBay.
And still another with a Buy Now $875.00 :o
Very cool item and neat conversation piece wall hanger , but grasping at stratospheric pricing ::) I imagine.
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I recall seeing them in Navy base armories back in the 80s. If I had to guess I will bet they continued to use them in the armories when the 1911s were replaced with M9s in the mid to lte 80s. Probably still there.
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Nice work Major!
I thought about building one too, but them I realized that I would need 4 more to fill it up and that it would be a hard sell to CinCHome
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My version is a wall hanger so just one sided...
Though I have the 3 1911's , what I have in this is 3 Air soft 1911's that were $18 w/ free shipping on Amazon.
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I guess when I stop and think about it I do have a 3rd 1911, it's just that it is a "Modern" one (stainless, Beavertail, colored nehanced grip scales, ect.) It's just at my son's house right now.
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I have a Cimarron high polish, a Springfield Armory Mil-Spec, and a 1945 Ithaca.
Edit: since I had written this, I added a Springfield EMP - Enhanced Micro Pistol (Officers Sized Frame).
It was designed around the 9mm and does not have inherent 45acp compact frame issues.