Buddy with contacts found new 1951 “c” serial numbers in original boxes with matching serial numbers on the boxes, original wax paper, brush and test casing. There were a handful available, never holstered. Beautiful. They were sold in no time and I’ll leave it at that.
Needless to say this is a treasure find. 70y/o 1911 new in the box. The value increases.
1911 purist here.
BTW rock island armory (armscor) makes a very sweet milspec GI 1911A1, using the original colt tooling in the Philippians, every aspect is as near colt specs as you’ll find. Sear is sweeeeet. All for about $400. If you’re on a budget this is a great buy...if you can get one in this market. Lighten the trigger to 3.5# and it is EVEN nicer.
https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/35151
Ditch the 8 round mag and get Chip McCormick 7 round mags.
A thing of beauty
FWIW, I never had a problem with the Chip McCormick 8 round mags. I used to compete in USPSA with them, so they used the thick base pads for protection, but they can be removed. Never a failure to feed in at least 10,000 rounds.
Mark