Nice Pistol. I am going to take a guess on your S/N. The 01911 WWI Carbonia repros started at S/N 1000 and about 5000 were made. The normal S/N ended with WMK. Yours might be number 2 and the X might mean it was a very early experimental version. Again, just a guess.
Hi Scott, I agree with you that a letter would be worth the price, as it will add value to this pistol. However, if it was a duplicate S/N is should be 1002WMKX as all the 01911 WWI Carbonia blue had the WMK suffix. To the OP, very nice find.
The commercial term "Government Model" as seen on the label should not be used in conjunction with a reproduction military Model of 1911, should it? (Do the boxes for pistols with the "WMK" suffix in their serial number have the term "Government Model" on their end label?)
With the absence of the "No." prefix to the serial number, I wonder if this pistol is a parts cleanup? A letter is definitely needed.
I remember this coming up once before.. possibly on this forum or maybe another. I believe i remember it being a prototype designation but its been a while. Great score!
It is possible that you could send in your money for a letter and wait the 3-4 months only to find out that they have no information on this pistol. You would get a refund, but also would have waited a long time for nothing. I would call Colt and try to contact Paul at ext 1849 and ask first if they actually have anything on this unusual serial number. Good luck on your search.
Even something as basic as a new Colt 1911 variation usually needs to be put through the prototype stage. Look at all the oddball .45s in Meadows' books that showed how even a small design change often required a bunch of test samples to be made up.
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