colt m45a1 usmc rollmark

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Originally the Colt Custom Shop pistols had the Marine USMC roll marks on the slide, but the United States Marine Corps filed a cease & desist letter with Colt Manufacturing regarding the use of USMC on pistols not actually going to the Marines. 0. After a rigorous selection process, the United States Marine Corps selected this Colt Rail Gun as their Close Quarters Battle Pistol (CQBP). This is the so called blue box Colt pistol, model 01070M45. Quantico began exhaustive testing on other finishes to specify a modification to the contract. Sold WALTHER PPK RARE EAGLE F DURALUMINUM, Pre98 Antiques Military Firearms Collecting Outlook for 2020. A variant of the M1911, it has been the standard-issue side arm for the Force Recon Element of the United States Marine Corps' Marine Expeditionary Units since 1985. A source request was sent out to Springfield Armory and the Springfield Operator, based on the FBI's TRP pistol was built. 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Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The finish on the pistol is a brown Decobond designed to hold up through hard use. Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email. It is a Fletch High Rise OWB Holster. Six right-handed grooves, 1 twist in 16", Novak LoMount or Trijicon high-visibility sights with Tritium dots, Machined stainless steel frame and slide Over the years Ive built quite a few custom rifles on Remington 700 actions. The firearm felt like it had close tolerances, with everything locking up firmly, but without that hand-fitted exactness one can feel in a custom M1911. I can clearly recall the day that I met up with our Close Quarters Battle instructors to try out the new M45A1s for the first time. Not all civilian M45s go through the Custom Shop. VERY RARE AND VERY COLLECTIBLE! The third entry from Karl Lippard Designs, a Colorado Springs-based arms maker, was called the Close Quarter Battle Pistol: an M1911A1-style pistol, built using S7 tool steel and a large number of proprietary components including accessory rail, grip safety, and sights. Then sold the entire lot to the company selling them on Gunbroker. Each knotted tight groups that would do a custom pistol proud, averaging 1.48" for five separate loads. great shape, this is not the decom model either. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. The pistol is, IN 92% ORIGINAL CONDITON WHICH IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN A RUSSIAN WW2 TOKAREV, WE HAVE A 1942 PRODUCTION TOKAREV, IN 98% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY CRISP EXAMPLE OF A RJ MARKED WALTHER PP. I dont know that any pistols, the old Quantico M45s or the new Colts, were ever truly benched or grouped. Colt added this spring assembly to the M45A1 and some of its commercial models with the intent to decrease the battering the pistol takes on recoil. Despite the planned purchase of the commercial pistols, Marine Corps Systems Command has continued to solicit parts to build additional MEU(SOC) pistols. was not the question, rather, it was how tightly I could group the splatter marks. Outside of the mentioned ambidextrous manual safety, the controls configuration is the same as on any other 1911 variant. News, Handguns, Semi-Auto Handguns. Under this point of view, the Colt M45A1 CQBP is definitely the 1911 of the 21st Century. The one with the intact usmc is a custom is not the same gun as the the decoms. Second Media Inc., 30800 Telegraph Rd, Suite 1921, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 USA. SOLD COLT M45A1 USMC CQB PISTOL WITH RARE USMC MARKED SLIDE NIB $ 3,795.00 Out of stock Add to wishlist SKU: Item #: 07/16/2015-3 Category: Pre98 Classic Sold Description NEW IN THE BOX, WE HAVE A COLT USMC CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLE PISTOL M45A1. I fired representative groups from a rest with several loads rather than the full five-group protocol typically used in product reviews in order to minimize the rounds and wear on the Colt. CCS M45A1 is really a good deal @ $2k price point (MSRP). I have it in quotes for a reason, it kinda looked like a 45 ACP cartridge, only it was bent and weird looking. [6][7], In 2002, an article in American Handgunner stated that "Marine armorers from the Precision Weapons Section, MCBQ" are making 789 MEU (SOC) 1911's. Six months later, I was home on leave and my gun was back from Colt. The pistol wears bilateral thumb safeties, which have somewhat oversize, though low-profile, ledges designed to be easily disengaged while not interfering with the non-firing hands grasp. [16] The Colt design is considered an upgrade of the previous pistol, not an entirely new design. While the Colt Model 601 was the first AR-15 to be mass-produced, there were several design variations that came before during the platform's development. In other cases on specific guns, the finish was not wearing as durably as expected. When the enemy breaches the position, any of them will do. This particular sample earned every bit of the National Match stamping on the barrel hood. The M45 serves on with a few specialized Marine Corps units and is expected to for a few more years when most think it will be replaced by a polymer-frame, striker-fired 9 mm, thus ending a long and historic run for the M1911 and its .45 ACP cartridge. Among those are the MEU(SOC) and the Force Recon the special operation forces of the United States Marine Corps whose sidearm ever since the year 1986 has been the M45 MEUSOC pistol, a custom-grade 1911 variant assembled and tuned by the USMC armorers at the Quantico base, in Virginia. When the change was specified, a substantial number of the early pistols were recalled back to Colt, and it disposed of them, leading to the market frenzy. In 2016, USMC command stated that MARSOC had replaced the M45A1 with the Glock 19, largely from a logistic standpoint, not from a performance and reliability standpoint, as a result of other SOCOM branches using the Glock 19. Two bigthings happened to me when I turned 18, I joined the Marines and I bought my first pistol (in the state I live in, you used to be able to obtain a handgun license at the age of 18). These particular pistols only had the USMC rollmark during the early production. A forum community dedicated to all 1911 firearm owners and enthusiasts. He switched over to a Dan Wesson 9mm 1911 with gamer sights on it. Add to cart. A huge proponent of the system, he has been lecturing me about the benefits of the 1911 platform for nearly two decades. These decommissioned Colts will continue to be a hot item among both shooters and collectors for the foreseeable future. The pistols are exceptional purely as shooters, and scarce and significant for several military and historic reasons. The first contract, as published on July 20, 2012, bound Colt to deliver 4,000 samples initially, and up to 12,000 samples in the following years; the contract was said to be worth $22.5 million to Colt. This year, H&R announced an expansion of its AR-15 lineup, bringing additional "retro" models to the market, including a 9 mm Luger-chambered Colt SMG clone, an M16A2-styled rifle and the carbine-size 723. In the mid 1990s he was the go-to 1911 gunsmith and made the best combat style sights around. Not bad- but not great. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. It turns out the rear stake of the safety plunger tube broke off causing the safety lock detent to move over the bottom edge of the factory safety. How big of a ragged hole is the group at 25 yards? I cleared the pistol, engaged the safety, and couldnt take it off safe. We ended the session shooting the old FBI pistol qualification course on a counter shaded QIT-99 (you can see the course of fire here). NEW IN THE BOX, WE HAVE A COLT USMC CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLE PISTOL M45A1. The only thing I would change about it would be to checker the front strap. I figured I needed some professional intervention so I sent the pistol off to Wayne Novak. The only other USMC-marked pistols on the market are the real ones that had been returned to Colt and then re-sold to the civilian market. Fit and finish were OK, but the Marines use it, so that is worth the premium. 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He somehow managed to convince me to shoot one of his reloads. The M45A1 has a dual recoil spring assembly which seems to dampen recoil somewhat. I went through the boxes with the armorers, examining a few random Colts to get a sense of the pistols. Desert tan Decobond finish, $1,699.00 (MSRP U.S.A.) Back in March 2016, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, openly declared to be eyeing the Glock 19 as the next standard service pistol. Here are the features to watch out for. While the Colt Model 601 was the first AR-15 to be mass-produced, there were several design variations that came before during the platform's development. The Colt gobbled up a wide variety of bullet profiles, cycling smoothly and without hesitation, while grouping each in a cluster that fit within the space the front sight covered at any given distance. The revised parts list included barrels, bushings, link pins, sear springs, ejectors, firing pin stops, mainspring housings and mainsprings, all from Nowlin Manufacturing. Tan cerakote finish. It is assigned NATO Stock Number 1005-01-370-7353. All tests most notably those carried on by civilian and military experts in the U.S. with a wide variety of commercial and service-grade ammunition show an incredible and constant accuracy level, with an average group width of 10 cm at around 20 metres (4" groups at 25 yards). Customer experience was, and still is, the primary focus, a key to the firms longevity and success. I was on a short leave when I brought it home. The pistol functioned well for the first three rounds, but then I couldnt find my front sight- literally- it flew off! Colt. A large batch, rumored to be nearly 1,000 pistols, hit the Gunbroker auction site (gunbroker.com) described as decommissioned USMC 1911 M45A1s. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); S&W CSX Is it Really the New ChiefsSpecial? What started off as sending my officers ACP off for new Lo-Mount sights, turned into over two thousand dollars worth of work. USMC O1070M45 regular production, blue box - unknown how many released, probably less than the pelican cased version. $ 6,900 This is very unique and very rare COLT 1911 USMC ROLLMARK U.S. MARINES M45A1 SEMPER FI FDE. One thing is for sure: the M45A1 CQBP is not a handgun for everybody. These were going right to work, and they looked promising. of weight, with a very short 0.1"/2mm reset. At any given time, one or two may show up on Gunbroker.com with prices that would only appeal to collectors. In the hand, that level of precision translated to straightforward hits on tough and distant targets. JavaScript is disabled. Comes with the original box, paperwork, and two magazines. Not all civilian M45s go through the Custom Shop. I brought it into the dealer. Genuine Marine Corps M45A1 Coltsused by Marine Raiders and Force Reconnaissancewere decommissioned and became available on the civilian market complete with their original packaging and. Springfield Armory entered a variant of the full-sized Loaded MC Operator M1911A1 pistol with a military-standard 1913 rail, tritium night sights and finished with a two-tone black slide with an olive-drab green frame. Stack upon stack of crisp-cornered cardboard boxes weighed down a work bench in the armory of what is now called the Marine Raider Training Center. Copyright 2023 National Rifle Association, Women On Target Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. 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