Obviously they were not all in a series of serial numbers and are spread out. He has seen a few outside my witnessed blocks as York suggests. I discussed this with Charlie Wagner just a couple weeks ago at NGD, he usually sets up beside me there.

York says they can be in any of the second blocks. The ones I have seen are just in a,b,j and K blocks. The ones outside these blocks are very uncommon, second J block only 4 examples are known last I heard.

The majority are in second K block, second most common is second B block, then second A block. All are in the second block of serial numbers, at least that is traditional wisdom(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,j and k). The Phosphate guns are all assembled after the factory equipment was moved in late 1944. My problem with York's book was my expectation to get a good collector guide, which it falls a bit short of IMO, but good in other ways. It is good and some great history there with many documents in German partially translated. I have not fully digested it yet so Mike can probably help, or Bob. 1944 production in York's book last night. Products Tests from M1911.It is pretty complicated, not every detail is known, and I finally read the section on post Dec.The M1911 in Law Enforcement & Military.M1911 Disassembly and reassembly animations.Gunsmithing, Troubleshooting & Refinishing.1911 Pistols manufactured for foreign Governments either in US or outside US.Commercial Colt Government Model, Ace, SM Ace, Super.US Military Issue M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols.More than one of the above (questions pertaining to more than one brands).Your Opinion about M1911.ORG and its sites.Questions and Suggestions about M1911.ORG sites.Industry Announcements and Press Releases.Quick Navigation Non M1911 firearms forum Top Whoever or whatever (the latter, presumably) marked it '00000' where the serial used to be, and 'twelve' on the frame and slide (where it appears to obscure the original serial) wanted them to be permanent, I'll say that.Īs to the second, who and why, I would certainly be very keen to know, too, if I were Mike. I'm not a fan of this period, but the other, nazi markings (even the serial) on the guns I've seen have been very lightly marked. If I have the series pegged, it should be somewhere from M to W.Agreed, Jim, on both counts.Īs to the first, while flash photography can make some guns appear buffed, this gun looks to have lost all its markings in a refinish, save the deepest one, the top line of the nazi-era billboard. One non-Wiki source I googled said German controlled Radoms had serial numbers with a letter prefix. I'd be a lot more concerned about a serial number zero to five places than an obscure inspector's mark of 70 years ago.

Radom vis 35 serial numbers