Grips: Cocobolo, double-diamond checkered All these features add up to a pistol that represents one intended for a destiny at the range.īottom Line: Springfield Armory’s Mil-Spec is a mid-priced 1911A1 that offers a blend of nostalgia and modern features. The slide has a flared and lowered ejection port.
On top are three, white-dot blade sights that are easier to see than the originals. However, Springfield Armory’s 1911 Mil-Spec isn’t quite so “mil-spec.” Inside the slide is a stainless steel, match-grade barrel fitted with a stainless barrel bushing.
In part like Colt, Springfield Armory’s name resonates with Model 1911 enthusiasts due to the fact that the former government facility of the same name manufactured a number of original 1911s. Springfield Armory’s tribute wears a correct Parkerized finish on both the frame and the slide. However, the hammer spur is narrow - more like the post-war version - and the thumb safety lacks the checkered tab seen on war guns. The trigger length is correct (albeit with an incorrect serrated shoe), the triggerguard is correct, as is the grip safety and arched mainspring housing. In many ways, and more than others, Springfield Armory’s 1911 Mil-Spec is an accurate representation of the original M1911A1. These pistols exist as a functional tribute to the airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines who fought to preserve freedom during the largest conflict the world has ever known. Some are faithful to the original, while others stray. In honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Guns & Ammo offers a look at modern so-described “mil-spec” M1911A1s in. To ease production costs, adapt the design to modern manufacturing and make M1911A1s more enjoyable to shoot, most are a blend of traditional and modern features. The M1911A1 was functional but basic, and in the last 75 years many brands have offered their own twist. Nearly 1.9 million 1911A1 pistols were built during the war. Each of the brands had unique roll stamps that identified the gun’s maker, model, patent numbers, and noted that the pistols were U.S. A number of manufacturers were building them including Colt, Ithaca Gun Company, Remington Rand, Singer and Union Switch & Signal.
ITHACA 1911A1 SERIAL NUMBERS FULL
The full blued magazine is unmarked.By 1943, World War II M1911A1s featured brown plastic grip panels and a Parkerized finish. There are strengthening ribs, mold marks and the Keyes star on the inside of the stocks. The early style Keyes Fibre Co., stocks lack reinforcing rings around the screw holes. The blued barrel has the "H.S." (High Standard) marking on the right lug and a "P" proofmark on the left. The left side of the slide is roll-stamped: ITHACA GUN CO.,/ITHACA, N.Y." in two lines. The top of the slide is stamped with a "P" proofmark between the rear sight and the ejection port. A "P" proofmark is stamped on the left side of the receiver behind the magazine release. The Ordnance final inspection mark "FJA" is stamped vertically on the left side of the receiver below the slide stop. "UNITED STATES PROPERTY/No 1451272" is stamped in two lines behind the slide stop hole and "M 1911 A1 U.S.ARMY" is stamped in one line in front of it. The right side of the receiver is stamped with the Ordnance Corps escutcheon behind the grip. Small Ordnance 'Shell and Flame' insignias are stamped in the receiver barrel channel and on the back of the slide above the firing pin hole. The left side of the trigger guard bow is stamped with the distinctive Ithaca factory proofmark. The pistol has a seven-rib mainspring housing, narrow hammer with serrated spur, serrated safety lock and slide stop and stamped trigger. The pistol is fitted with checkered, brown plastic stocks and is complete with a full-blued magazine. The slide and receiver have a gray-green parkerized finish and the barrel is blued.
ITHACA 1911A1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER
Ithaca Model 1911A1 pistols in this serial number range were shipped to Ogden Arsenal and the Benicia Ordnance Depot in May 1944. Model 1911A1 Semi-automatic pistol was manufactured by the Ithaca Gun Co., of Ithaca, New York, in 1944.
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