With that in mind, one of the major (current) aftermarket makers is located in the Phillipines.they will make upa gun with any name on it you want for a minimum order.Our Host had a few thousand made and they marketed them under the name of Auto Ordanance in the 1970's or so.the name hase been sold and that company operates today still making 1911A1 pistols as i recall the serial number prefix of AOA was their trademarked series.However the gun still could have been used in a USA war.I reworked several for guys headed to VN.some families had custom guns made.some were Colts.others made up on aftermarket parts.there are more aftermarket parts for this gun in the market place than any other. Go to will give all the available data and an appraisal of the guns value.If that is not for you,then look over their data needed form.I need the same information to track your gunsīear in mind that this gun has been in constant production for over a 100 years and the design is in the public there are dozens of clones out there.made everywhere in the world.some good.some bad. That book breaks it down into more detail, including letters added when the guns were reworked or repaired by certaain arsenalsīUT.the short cut answer is a fee service you can use on line. There is also information in The Standard Catalog of Colt which has a section on all makers like Switch and Signal.
This book has the complete list of serial numbers by year and who used them There is a paperback book titled The Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. A serial number preceded by an S indicates an M1911A1 manufact- ured by. There are some letter prefixes mentioned like "S" used by Singer in 1942 or the "H" used by H&R also in 1942 These are replacement slides made long after WWII by Colt and SanColMar. ARMY Serial Number 1121296 (parkerized finish) - Shipped Octoto the Transportation Officer, Springfield Armory in a shipment of 2,000 guns. that was made in small numbers for testing by the United States Army during the. M1911a1 Us Army Serial Numbers Posted : admin On Colt M1911A1 U.S. However, going over the list of serial numbers used from 1912 to 1945 there is none with the AOA prefix. The M1911A1 US Army marking on the frame for Colt, Ithaca. The RAS47, or Red Army Standard, is a semi-automatic, long-stroke, piston-driven carbine chambered in the AKM standard 7. I have a 87xx serial number and would trust it with my life. be advised that many service pistols were pieced together.basically there are two the early Model 1911 and the later Model 1911A1.īesides Colt, certain blocks of serial numbers were assigned to other makers: