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June 21, 2017, 01:18 PM | #1 |
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How Long Has It Been Since Springfield Armory...
...has had a GI model 1911 with a high polish blue slide? We took one in on trade today at the shop I work for and I'm really digging it because it is a 9mm. I have looked on Gunbroker but couldn't find any recent listings. I know it has been a while because the bluing has that purple tint to it that some bluing jobs get over time.
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June 21, 2017, 08:29 PM | #2 |
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I don't think I've ever seen a Springfield GI with a polished blue slide.
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June 22, 2017, 10:37 AM | #4 |
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All G.I.s are parkerized, and Springfield hasn't had any blued production models for years, but they did have blued, no-frills models.
One way to date Springfields is by the contouring of the frame front strap and dustcover. Throughout the '90s, Springers had "square", large-radius contours, and they switched to more rounded, Colt/G.I. look in the early 2000s. If the gun is blued and has rounded contours, then it's probably very early, from the late '80s.
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June 22, 2017, 11:42 AM | #5 |
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The slide is blued with that purple tint you sometimes see. I just assumed it would be a GI since it has GI sights and the ejection port wasn't lowered/flared. The serial number is NM70xxx(?) I'll have to check the contouring on those areas you spoke of.
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If the front strap wraps around to almost touch the leading edges of the grips, and it's factory blue, the gun is probably from the late '80s.
If there is 1/8" of flat frame exposed forward of the grip panels, then the gun is 1990's. By the early 2000s, I think they had stopped offering blued finishes.
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The MilSpec and the GI are not the same model. The MilSpec looks GI-ish but has a little larger sights and slanted cocking serrations and I think a lowered ejection port. It also has the crossed cannon logo as part of the slide rollmark.
The GI has smaller sights, straight cocking serrations and a high ejection port. Except for the roll marks (too large but no crossed cannon logo) and a civilian style thumb safety it is a pretty good likeness of the 1911A1s that I was issued yeas ago. I had a GI that I gave my son, still have an Ultra Compact and an MC Operator, none of which are blued. |
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Well here are a few pics of the areas that were described, so, I guess it's from the late '80s?
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The slide rollmark is consistent with a Mil-Spec. I don't believe any of the GI models had the second 'CAL 9MM' line.
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Is the top of the slide flattened?
Very early Springfield 9mms had a flat running between the sights.
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If the finish is factory blue, then I'd say the gun is 25-30 years old, when basic, military-style pistols is all Springfield made.
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I emailed SA and they told me it was made in June of 1989.
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See, I'm flat-out wrong only half the time.
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Looks like it would have been a nice blue right off the line.
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