• Need to buy or sell a collectible pistol? I am a collector seeking to purchase. I often upgrade, and sometimes sell from my collection.
• Need help determining the authenticity of a pistol? I will personally inspect and authenticate your pistols.
• Need someone to inspections or make recommendations at an upcoming auction or gun show? I advise many top buyers and winning bidders with inspection reports.
• Need someone to provide opinions of value, detailed written descriptions, data sheets and high quality images to document the condition and status for pistols in your collection? Click on M1911 Solutions in the site menu for services we provide.
• Need individual one-on-one training on how to determine the originality of a firearm? I have more than 35 years of experience with M1911 and M1911A1 pistols and many other collectible handguns.

What do you want from this hobby?

We offer Solutions. 

 

• Need to buy or sell a collectible pistol? I am a collector seeking to purchase. I often upgrade, and sometimes sell from my collection.
• Need help determining the authenticity of a pistol? I will personally inspect and authenticate your pistols.
• Need someone to inspections or make recommendations at an upcoming auction or gun show? I advise many top buyers and winning bidders with inspection reports.
• Need someone to provide opinions of value, detailed written descriptions, data sheets and high quality images to document the condition and status for pistols in your collection? Click on M1911 Solutions in the site menu for services we provide.
• Need individual one-on-one training on how to determine the originality of a firearm? I have more than 35 years of experience with M1911 and M1911A1 pistols and many other collectible handguns.

What do you want from this hobby?

We offer Solutions. 

Click on Gallery Preview to see an .flv Flash demonstration of the Gallery and how efficiently it filters and sorts your search results customized to your entries. You may also see full screen demonstrations of the Gallery on YouTube by searching M1911info.com.

Now is the time to level the playing field. Get the help you need from an experienced collector. To receive your keys to the Gallery, register as a member and Subscribe. A 12-month subscription is only $30.

When you subscribe to the site, you will enjoy all the benefits of the detailed information and more than 5500 photos currently in the Gallery to help you learn.  There are roughly 400 collector grade items, most of which are M1911 and M1911A1 handguns.

As a Subscriber, you also have the ability to order any of the various M1911 Solutions we provide to help you achieve your specific goals. You may submit a Wish List to let me know what you wish to acquire. That information is listed on the Wanted page and is visible to anyone who visits the site without revealing your identity. So don't delay...Subscribe Today!

Visit the Gallery to see examples from each year M1911 and M1911A1 manufactured by Colt, Springfield Armory, Remington Arms-UMC, Singer Mfg. Co., Remington Rand, Ithaca and Union Switch & Signal.

While there, see many other collectible military and commercial pistols and revolvers made by Colt, Smith & Wesson, High Standard, GM Guide Lamp, as well as foreign manufactured licensed copies of the Colt M1911 and M1911A1 pistols. Also see foreign pistols captured by U.S. troops during WWI and WWII and various collectible parts, accoutrements and militaria.

Compare the differences in finish, markings and components on M1911, M1911A1 and other items.

Quickly filter Sort your search results by Year, Manufacturer, Model, Serial Number, Finish, Final Inspection, Barrel Markings, Branch or Service, Caliber, Arsenal Markings and Action.

Visit the Classifieds category in the Gallery to view items for sale.

Every item Featured in the Gallery has a description which details attibutes and includes  valuable collector information to provide Subscribers an advantage normally enjoyed by owners of such items.

Discover what makes each variation so interesting, unique, and desirable.

For more details, please Contact Scott Gahimer.

Click on Gallery Preview to see an .flv Flash demonstration of the Gallery and how efficiently it filters and sorts your search results customized to your entries. You may also see full screen demonstrations of the Gallery on YouTube by searching M1911info.com.

Now is the time to level the playing field. Get the help you need from an experienced collector. To receive your keys to the Gallery, register as a member and Subscribe. A 12-month subscription is only $30.

When you subscribe to the site, you will enjoy all the benefits of the detailed information and more than 5500 photos currently in the Gallery to help you learn.  There are roughly 400 collector grade items, most of which are M1911 and M1911A1 handguns.

As a Subscriber, you also have the ability to order any of the various M1911 Solutions we provide to help you achieve your specific goals. You may submit a Wish List to let me know what you wish to acquire. That information is listed on the Wanted page and is visible to anyone who visits the site without revealing your identity. So don't delay...Subscribe Today!

Visit the Gallery to see examples from each year M1911 and M1911A1 manufactured by Colt, Springfield Armory, Remington Arms-UMC, Singer Mfg. Co., Remington Rand, Ithaca and Union Switch & Signal.

While there, see many other collectible military and commercial pistols and revolvers made by Colt, Smith & Wesson, High Standard, GM Guide Lamp, as well as foreign manufactured licensed copies of the Colt M1911 and M1911A1 pistols. Also see foreign pistols captured by U.S. troops during WWI and WWII and various collectible parts, accoutrements and militaria.

Compare the differences in finish, markings and components on M1911, M1911A1 and other items.

Quickly filter Sort your search results by Year, Manufacturer, Model, Serial Number, Finish, Final Inspection, Barrel Markings, Branch or Service, Caliber, Arsenal Markings and Action.

Visit the Classifieds category in the Gallery to view items for sale.

Every item Featured in the Gallery has a description which details attibutes and includes  valuable collector information to provide Subscribers an advantage normally enjoyed by owners of such items.

Discover what makes each variation so interesting, unique, and desirable.

For more details, please Contact Scott Gahimer.

The market for collectible .45's has become a fast track since 1991. We seek to provide an inside lane with accurate information and inspection services to those seeking help. Elevated recent sales prices seem to indicate a strong market for collectibles. Many recognize the potential nice pistols have to quickly appreciate in value in the current economic climate.

What's Hot!

I recently inspected (53) lots at one of the nations's best known auction houses. Those lots were primarily M1911, M1911A1 and other USGI and commericial Colt pistols. I provided pre-auction inspection reports for subscribers who rdered them through the site. Some of those lots were beautiful pistols and accurately described. Others were not as described and not what I would recommend our subscribers to purchase. Several lots were purchased based on the inspection reports I furnished prior to the auction. For a complete listing of the lots I inspected and a link to the overall auction results, visit our forum web site by clicking Forum on the site menu bar. Some of those pistols are now featured on this web site with excellent, detailed photos and an accurate description.

This is perhaps the most documented and outstanding WWII Army Air Force pilot's Singer M1911A1 grouping known to exist. There is even a 9-page typed letter by the WWII pilot depicting the details of the pistol being issued to him and his WWII combat service history. Also included in this grouping is a Silver Certificate dollar bill "short snorter", dated 12/26/1942, with the signatures of all the pilots in his Air Group (60th Transport Group) before they deployed overseas to pilot C-47 aircraft and drop paratroopers into Europe and North Africa. There are more than 50 photos of this grouping in the Gallery. Here are a few of them:

 Start your Subscription today!

So what are you looking for? Check out our Classifieds and submit your Wishlist!

What's Not!

Not receiving what you paid for!

I purchased 2 magazines and a magazine pocket on Ebay. When they arrived, it was not the same magazine pocket, nor the same magazines as shown in the auction.

The seller's terms did not provide for returns or exchanges. So I posted negative feedback, and then attempted to file a case with Ebay. In that process, Ebay recommends contacting the seller first. So I followed up with an e-mail to the seller.

Seller denied shipping different items and said he would take his chances with Ebay customer support.

I happened to go back to the auction I wonand noticed the same seller had another auction which used the same, identical photos.

Here are the two auctions. The first is the auction I won. The second is the other auction which used the exact same photos.:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...cvip=true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-1911-mags...3D1006%26rk%3D1

Here are the items I received. If you compare color, placement of the stitching and the U.S. marking on the flap, you can plainly see the magazine pocket is not the one pictured in the auction photos. The color, condition, type of finish on the magazines is also entirely different than the ones shown in the auction photos. The auction photos show used condition magazines with WWII style blue finish. The magazine on the right in the auction photos even appears to have a marking on the top of the toe, which would be correct for a WWII magazine. One doesn't have to be a genius or know anything about these items to see they are clearly not the same items shown in the auction photos.

I certainly would recommend the members and visitors here take this into consideration BEFORE bidding on any auction items. Feedback means absolutely nothing. I was the first to give this seller a negative feedback.

Ebay customer support ruled in my favor and issued a full refund. The seller, in a later auction, posted photos and a much more detailed description which much more accurately depicts the items he is selling. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200760659297

Often sellers are not collectors and do not see the same things collectors do in auction images and descriptions. Through this experience, I believe Ebay ended up with a better seller.

Here are some images of a beautiful, original pistol that was sold at a gun show last year. The seller did not realize it is a rare variation, and let it go for a fraction of the value.

Whether buying or selling...verify originality of finish & parts and fully research values.

I provide various M1911 Solutions to help you buy or sell with confidence. Visit the Classifieds to view items I have inspected and described.

The market for collectible .45's has become a fast track since 1991. We seek to provide an inside lane with accurate information and inspection services to those seeking help. Elevated recent sales prices seem to indicate a strong market for collectibles. Many recognize the potential nice pistols have to quickly appreciate in value in the current economic climate.

What's Hot!

I recently inspected (53) lots at one of the nations's best known auction houses. Those lots were primarily M1911, M1911A1 and other USGI and commericial Colt pistols. I provided pre-auction inspection reports for subscribers who rdered them through the site. Some of those lots were beautiful pistols and accurately described. Others were not as described and not what I would recommend our subscribers to purchase. Several lots were purchased based on the inspection reports I furnished prior to the auction. For a complete listing of the lots I inspected and a link to the overall auction results, visit our forum web site by clicking Forum on the site menu bar. Some of those pistols are now featured on this web site with excellent, detailed photos and an accurate description.

This is perhaps the most documented and outstanding WWII Army Air Force pilot's Singer M1911A1 grouping known to exist. There is even a 9-page typed letter by the WWII pilot depicting the details of the pistol being issued to him and his WWII combat service history. Also included in this grouping is a Silver Certificate dollar bill "short snorter", dated 12/26/1942, with the signatures of all the pilots in his Air Group (60th Transport Group) before they deployed overseas to pilot C-47 aircraft and drop paratroopers into Europe and North Africa. There are more than 50 photos of this grouping in the Gallery. Here are a few of them:

 Start your Subscription today!

So what are you looking for? Check out our Classifieds and submit your Wishlist!

What's Not!

Not receiving what you paid for!

I purchased 2 magazines and a magazine pocket on Ebay. When they arrived, it was not the same magazine pocket, nor the same magazines as shown in the auction.

The seller's terms did not provide for returns or exchanges. So I posted negative feedback, and then attempted to file a case with Ebay. In that process, Ebay recommends contacting the seller first. So I followed up with an e-mail to the seller.

Seller denied shipping different items and said he would take his chances with Ebay customer support.

I happened to go back to the auction I wonand noticed the same seller had another auction which used the same, identical photos.

Here are the two auctions. The first is the auction I won. The second is the other auction which used the exact same photos.:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...cvip=true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-1911-mags...3D1006%26rk%3D1

Here are the items I received. If you compare color, placement of the stitching and the U.S. marking on the flap, you can plainly see the magazine pocket is not the one pictured in the auction photos. The color, condition, type of finish on the magazines is also entirely different than the ones shown in the auction photos. The auction photos show used condition magazines with WWII style blue finish. The magazine on the right in the auction photos even appears to have a marking on the top of the toe, which would be correct for a WWII magazine. One doesn't have to be a genius or know anything about these items to see they are clearly not the same items shown in the auction photos.

I certainly would recommend the members and visitors here take this into consideration BEFORE bidding on any auction items. Feedback means absolutely nothing. I was the first to give this seller a negative feedback.

Ebay customer support ruled in my favor and issued a full refund. The seller, in a later auction, posted photos and a much more detailed description which much more accurately depicts the items he is selling. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200760659297

Often sellers are not collectors and do not see the same things collectors do in auction images and descriptions. Through this experience, I believe Ebay ended up with a better seller.

Here are some images of a beautiful, original pistol that was sold at a gun show last year. The seller did not realize it is a rare variation, and let it go for a fraction of the value.

Whether buying or selling...verify originality of finish & parts and fully research values.

I provide various M1911 Solutions to help you buy or sell with confidence. Visit the Classifieds to view items I have inspected and described.