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Winchester_73 · August 17, 2011, 08:14 PM

So I found this colt 1911 pre black army recently on gb. I bid it up to $1325 and let go, and it only went for $1380. I'm wondering if I let a great one go or if I was right to let it go for that kind of money, $1400 approx. The seller didn't mention the mag or the barrel specifically BUT claimed the gun was all original.The gun was not mint, but it that been there done that, that character look to it that I actually really liked.

Was I foolish? Did it sell for too much? I'm not an expert on these. Here is the auction which has closed:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=246202049

It would have been my first GI 1911 so I was excited but alas, it was not meant to be. I can't have them all I guess.

August 17, 2011, 08:14 PM	#1
Winchester_73 Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 2,863	I Let this Colt 1911 get away - did I do the right thing? So I found this colt 1911 pre black army recently on gb. I bid it up to $1325 and let go, and it only went for $1380. I'm wondering if I let a great one go or if I was right to let it go for that kind of money, $1400 approx. The seller didn't mention the mag or the barrel specifically BUT claimed the gun was all original.The gun was not mint, but it that been there done that, that character look to it that I actually really liked. Was I foolish? Did it sell for too much? I'm not an expert on these. Here is the auction which has closed: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=246202049 It would have been my first GI 1911 so I was excited but alas, it was not meant to be. I can't have them all I guess. __________________ Winchester 73, the TFL user that won the west