The front slide serrations are perfectly placed and have a noticeably deep depth and width, so much so that you can easily feel them while wearing gloves. [18] Apparently it wasnt staked right at the factory. Read today's "The Armed Citizen" entry for real stories of law-abiding citizens, past and present, who used their firearms to save lives. 4. I ran a series of 6-dot and 5-circle drills with my Colt M45A1. The pistols are exceptional purely as shooters, and scarce and significant for several military and historic reasons. Allrightsreserved. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Support NRA American Rifleman DONATE. One thing is for sure: the M45A1 CQBP is not a handgun for everybody. I overlooked that the fit for a gun, that cost me $1,600 plus tax ($1,748 total), was similar to a $800 gun. How about that? [14] In 2010, requirements were once more issued for an off-the-shelf system to replace the custom-built pistols. I have it in quotes for a reason, it kinda looked like a 45 ACP cartridge, only it was bent and weird looking. The used Glock 19 I bought in 1994, still shoots well. The early finish problems encountered by the Marines were all fixed by the time the first 1,000 units had been issued. great shape, this is not the decom model either. The Colt M45A1 is the new USMC service pistol. This year, H&R announced an expansion of its AR-15 lineup, bringing additional "retro" models to the market, including a 9 mm Luger-chambered Colt SMG clone, an M16A2-styled rifle and the carbine-size 723. He told me the extractor and ammunition were bad. The dual springs have a noticeable slap-back during firing, and the flared and lowered ejection port help to eject spent shells out and to the right of thepistoland not back into your face. Many of the issued pistols that came to market have the tells of service life: paint pen or spray paint stenciled rack numbers, holster wear, dings or gouges from rough use. Each knotted tight groups that would do a custom pistol proud, averaging 1.48" for five separate loads. Each time I handle the M45A1, though, I silently bemoan Colts decision to leave the frontstrap untextured, particularly in a .45 that is often fired while wearing gloves. The company made its humble start in 1963in Gussago, Italywhen Giuseppe Pietta made a commitment to produce guns as authentic and true-to-original as possible. In Oct. 2016 the U.S. Marine Corps announced Glock 19s would replace the .45 ACP-chambered Colt M45A1s carried by members of its Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC) teams. I overlooked the fact that it was a Colt and my awful past with Colt. The authors example of the M45A1 exhibited tight fit and shot well at the range. As the time went by and the adoption of the M9 pistol depleted the stock of spare parts, making the old M45 MEUSOC pistols unserviceable, a replacement had to be found. I was able to lay my hands on one of the decommissioned M45A1s to examine and evaluate it, one author for American Rifleman wrote two years ago. By far, the most common of the USMC rollmarks is the Custom Shop Pelican cased version, and is very likely to be the one anyone encounters. In a corridor of the Pentagon there is a larger-than-life mural showing a circa-1915 Maj. Smedley Butler leading his men in the recapture of Fort Rivier during the Banana Warsthe newly issued M1911 in hand as he and his Marines engaged the Caco rebels in hand-to-hand combat. He keeps telling me that there has been at least one time his pistol worked the entire time, but I honestly dont have a recollection of this. The Marine Colt pistol was designated the M45A1. The trigger was eminently usable and a good match for a combat pistol intended for highly trained special operations forces. While not as corrosion resistant, it is far more durable of a finish. Normally his 1911 lectures are held during downtime at the range when he is repairing his 1911. This is very unique and very rare COLT 1911 USMC ROLLMARK U.S. MARINES M45A1 SEMPER FI FDE. Out of stock. Minimum price for the offer must be greater than 0% of the Product. Shooting theM45A1feels different than shooting other 1911s. I found a Don Hume 715 MC IWB holster that it fit-good enough. Pelican Storm Case. To make an offer please complete the form below: Minimum price for the offer must be greater than or equal to $0. It is assigned NATO Stock Number 1005-01-370-7353. The .45 maintains a traditional military lanyard loop in the flat, serrated mainspring housing. In July 2012, the United States Marine Corps System Command announced that Colt Defense LLC of Hartford, Connecticut, was the winner of the new CQBP pistol contract. The firearm felt like it had close tolerances, with everything locking up firmly, but without that hand-fitted exactness one can feel in a custom M1911. The .45s had a number of features that jumped right out: the light rails, the aggressively checkered G10 stockswhich replaced the Pachmayrs we had used for so longtritium vials in the Novak sights, and unique markings on the frames and slides. A source request was sent out to Springfield Armory and the Springfield Operator, based on the FBI's TRP pistol was built. Not all civilian M45s go through the Custom Shop. Then sold the entire lot to the company selling them on Gunbroker. COLT M45A1 MARINE PISTOL. Match 1.60" Winchester 230-gr. The letter also confirms the features including Desert Tan Cerakote finish, under barrel accessory rail, National Match grade barrel, forward and rear cocking serrations on the slide, long solid aluminum trigger, extended ambidextrous thumb safety, extended beavertail grip safety, flat serrated mainspring housing with a lanyard loop, Novak 3-dot night sights, and desert camouflage G10 composite grips. MIM parts are widely accepted as the standard in the industry. Corporal Gravenese demonstrates the power of the pistol as shown as above. Colt Custom Shop M45A1 (NO USMC MARKINGS) "EGA" serial number. I can clearly recall the day that I met up with our Close Quarters Battle instructors to try out the new M45A1s for the first time. Passionate Caretakers of Our Historic Military Firearms and Americas Wartime Heritage. As of March 2019, Force Recon, and other units still use the M45A1 and some units have the Glock 19 or Beretta M9A1 as an alternative. An MEU(SOC) 1911 pistol, built by PWS at Quantico, Virginia. These particular pistols only had the USMC rollmark during the early production. Three pistols were offered to the USMC as a replacement for current M45 Pistols. Maintaining the simple recoil assembly, 5-inch barrel (though using a stainless steel match grade barrel), and internal extractor, the ICQB is not much different from Browning's original design. These decommissioned Colts will continue to be a hot item among both shooters and collectors for the foreseeable future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. This added weight, in addition to the dual spring slap back, provide for noticeably less recoil. [6][7], In 2002, an article in American Handgunner stated that "Marine armorers from the Precision Weapons Section, MCBQ" are making 789 MEU (SOC) 1911's. Cycling the pistols revealed the fit to be smooth but clearly tighter than a typical commercial M1911. The slide of the Colt M45A1 CQBP pistol comes with front and rear serrations, and with dovetailed high-visibility sights with tritium night dots. This particular sample disproved decades worth of gun magazine lore about a combat-grade .45 needing to be loose for reliability and thus incompatible with custom-level accuracy. Southeast Guns 2023. [9][11] Tritium Novak LoMount sights replaced the originals which were made in-house by the Marines.[9][11]. It is big enough - yet snug enough to retain the M45A1 and other railed 5" 1911s. Back in March 2016, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, openly declared to be eyeing the Glock 19 as the next standard service pistol. It is a Fletch High Rise OWB Holster. Since he edits this website, Ill pretend that I was there when one of them worked flawlessly. The Marine Corps had chosen the tan Colts, official designation M45A1, as a commercial replacement for the legendary, custom, Quantico-built M1911s issued to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Marine Raiders and the Corps Force Reconnaissance Marines. In 2016, USMC command stated that MARSOC had replaced the M45A1 with the Glock 19, largely from a logistic standpoint, not from a performance and reliability standpoint, as a result of other SOCOM branches using the Glock 19. All tests most notably those carried on by civilian and military experts in the U.S. with a wide variety of commercial and service-grade ammunition show an incredible and constant accuracy level, with an average group width of 10 cm at around 20 metres (4" groups at 25 yards). Does anyone know? Six right-handed grooves, 1 twist in 16", Novak LoMount or Trijicon high-visibility sights with Tritium dots, Machined stainless steel frame and slide Every piece of steel in theM45A1is machined to specific tolerances and tested to the specifications put forth by the United States Marine Corps. Representative five-shot group (25 yds. External enhanced hammer, automatic firing pin safety, Ambidextrous frame-mounted manual safety, extended beavertail grip safety, 127 mm / 5" National Match barrel Stack upon stack of crisp-cornered cardboard boxes weighed down a work bench in the armory of what is now called the Marine Raider Training Center. Having read quite a bit of gun rags (this was the in mid 1990s during the pre internet days), I knew I needed a 1911 chambered in a mans cartridge, 45 ACP. [10] A rebuild entails discarding almost all of the gun's parts except for the frame, which prior to 2003 was a U.S. Government frame last manufactured in 1945. Marine Corps Systems Command announced February 17, 2005, that it was going to purchase 150 Springfield Armory Professional Model pistols for use as MEU(SOC) pistols. 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You will hear different stories, but the simplest is that the M45A1 was Colts first large-scale run of Cerakoted pistols. [10], The final units as issued to MCSOCOM Det-1 are the Kimber ICQBs with SureFire Integrated Military Pistol Light (IMPL), Dawson Precision rail, Gemtech TRL Tactical Retention Lanyards based upon the jury-rigged telephone cord versions, modified Safariland 6004 holsters, Simonich G-10 Gunner Grips manufactured by Simonich Knives and Strider Knives replaced the original Pachmayr rubber grips, and Wilson Combat's '47D' 8-round magazines. Lost your password? It is either a custom shop gun or an early production gun. Examples of both are usually exorbitantly-priced and something only a former Marine or hardcore collector of USGI 1911s would want to pursue. The pistols shipped in the original cardboard container with the contract-correct black Wilson Combat seven-round magazine. The Colt M45A1 is just as reliable as a perfectly tuned competition-grade custom 1911, except this comes with that level of reliability right out of the factory and rightfully so. He refuses to touch a polymer gun, expect for the Springfield XD I sold him around 2000 (I think he sold it within days). Trying to see if the USMC needs to find a home. Despite a host of refinements and enhancements, the new models method of operation and construction remain essentially unchanged from those of the John Browning-designed original. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); S&W CSX Is it Really the New ChiefsSpecial? [8], A Marine operator may shoot as many as 80,000 rounds from this pistol during a training-cycle and subsequent deployment. The M45A1 ships with Wilson Combat 47 7 round magazines, and is a production grade weapon, rolling off the same line as the commercial M45A1 with identical markings and parts. My opinion is that both of these were likely due to Colt learning the quirks of a new coating process. That was me who snagged. The first version is one that went to the military, stamped USMC on the slide and delivered in a cardboard box with two Wilson 7-round magazines. Come join the discussion about optics, gunsmithing, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! THE GUN IS MATHCHING, IN 90% ORIGINAL CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER POLICE EAGLE F MARKED WALTHER PPK WITH, IN 96% ORIGINAL UNMESSED WITH CONDITION, WE HAVE A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF A 1944 PROUDCTION FN HIGH POWER PROUDCUED, IN 90% CONDITION, NICE BLUE BUT ALOT OF PITTING, WE HAVE A FANTASTICALLY RARE WALTHER MODEL 6 PISTOL IN 9MM, Colt General Officer & Rare US Property Pistols, SOLD GERMAN G43 ORIGINAL MOUNT AND ZF4 SCOPE EARLY DUV CODE, SOLD RARE ORIGINAL SIMSON EAGLE 6 LUGER TOOL, sold 1913 DWM LUGER VERY NICE AND HARD TO FIND, Sold RUSSIAN TT 33 TOKAREV 1942 WITH MATCHING MAG. A forum community dedicated to all 1911 firearm owners and enthusiasts. Nonetheless, the Marines had been eagerly waiting for the new .45s, and they were going directly into operational use, so there was little patience for a learning curve, and many of the Marines demanded a change. Three versions ofM45A1were made. This handgun has never been fired! Even more so considering these guns were largely expected to be the last government-issue M1911s and, further, models specific to Marine Raiders and Force Reconnaissance. This is the so called blue box Colt pistol, model 01070M45. At any given time, one or two may show up on Gunbroker.com with prices that would only appeal to collectors. That is quite a service legacy for any military firearm. Brand new IonBond blue box can be had for less than $1500. Fans of the 1911 expressed their disgust as nearly 4,000 of the handguns were de-commissioned. View all posts by David Freeman. It also has 3-dot tritium night sights, a 5-inch national match barrel, ambidextrous safety, picatinny rail, and a desert tan Cerakote finish.[19]. Before word could even circulate in casual conversation, the pistols were snapped up at prices that were lower than comparable commercial Colts. COLT MFG CO INC Marine M45-A1 Colt CCS O1070M45 M45-A1 SA 45ACP 5" 7+1 HAS USMC ROLLMARK on slide PRODUCT INFORMATION Slide Material: Stainless Steel Frame Material: Stainless Steel Slide Finish: Cerakote Brown Coating Frame Finish: Cerakote Brown Coating Model Name: GOVERNMENT Left Slide Mark: COLT*** USMC Right Slide Mark: Colt Government Model I've picked up used cerakote M45A1 rollmark guns for $1200. Dave I use a Galco Model Number FL212. I couldnt say no and bought the gun (Id buy a broken toaster with USMC stamped on it). Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review. It's a carry gun, not a collection piece. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. The coarse checkering on the multi-colored G10 panels assists in anchoring the handgun, as does an undercut trigger guard which allows a high hand hold. It would be hard to improve on this trigger with any kind of upgrade.
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