![]() ![]() For guys like me who like a plain look they've got it all. I'll probably send out one of my other two to be modded with a new trigger job and hammer. ![]() I love the Mil Spec model and just bought my third - an NM from Turner's in San Marcos. Have been completely reliable and very accurate. number came with all the slide and frame edges very slightly bevelled. The NM model comes with a smoother parkerization finish and finer rollmarks for the ser. Milling and machining on both are very nice. Both my models show care in assembly with matching part numbers scratched on the frame and slide. As was said before, the parts are manufactured for both models by Imbel in Brazil but the NM models are assembled here in the U.S. The NM models come with the one piece SA stainless steel barrel and bushing as opposed to the two piece carbon steel barrel on the N model. There are a few differences between the two: So that's the legit serial number as far as they are concerned and the gunsmith and I haven't a clue why that number was chosen, allowed to be used, or what it means.I have both Mil Spec models. ![]() Regardless, it passed muster with ATF and DES. The gun was that way when he bought it from a private individual before I bought it from him. That's the best guess scenario the gunsmith can come up with and neither of us really have a clue. Back then, whenever that was, the gunsmith says they may have been allowed to re serial number the thing with their own serial number when the factory serial number was destroyed or obscured from either the refurbishing or plating process. Hence they may have ground the bejesus out of it to get the rust out of it before plating and lost the serial number. This pistol may have been rusted up pretty well before it was nickel plated. The nickel job was not very good either with, in some spots, rust coming through. According to the gunsmith, when it was nickel plated the methods they used to remove the factory finish was crude and a lot of details, like serial numbers, were lost or obscured from the metal. ![]() This 1911 was manufactured before 1926 and has been well used. ![]()
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