For my 45th birthday, I got my CMP 1911 Colt 45 ACP!
(well, days before my 46th birthday, but I think I can claim 45th bday!)
My CMP 1911 Journey
Sept 4, 2018 I submitted my paperwork (fedex). I did not hear anything from CMP until June 2020.
Once you are contacted, you have 5 days to respond with payment or they go to the next applicant. (miss their phone call/email, you really got to get back to them ASAP).
I love the finish, parkerized ! SN 220456xx My CMP 1911 has Colt Slide and RR (Remington rand I think) Frame. Came with only 1 magazine.
Service Grade is the nicest finish and most expensive at $1050.
See photos below. “United States Property” “M 1911 A1 U.S. Army”.
A big thank you to my friend Craig at https://www.lakemountainguns.com/ for helping with the FFL transfer and geeking out on the details of this piece of American history (IMO there isn’t much more American than a Colt 1911! (high work ethic, free economics, good families and good people, but you can’t buy those things!)
so…now I ONLY have FOUR 1911s….so far.
1. 100y anniversary Colt 1911 SS with rosewood grips
2. Ruger night watchman with glow in the dark sights (black).
3. Ruger target 1911 in 9mm (SS). Target sights and heavy barrel
4. CMP Colt 1911 from WW1 & WW2 era.
A special friend has a 1911 that I’d buy at any price. But, I think I’m going to have to wait a decade or two.
Some stats on winning the loto!
- 8000 1911s for CMP, can you believe they didn’t get a 2nd or 3rd batch?
- I’m told there were about 20,000 applications within the 30 day window you could apply(I think its closer to 60,000).
- If there was an error with the application, they were disregarded.
- If they received the application before or after the window, they were disregarded.
- The CMP requirements can be difficult to get, so having 20k people that meet those requirements and mail in their application within 30 days is pretty remarkable.
- At one time, they said you could apply once a year, but there has only been ONE block of 8000 available.
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1911 UPDATE – MAY 2018
While the National Defense Authorization Act granted transfer of a maximum of 10,000 1911s per year to the CMP, the Secretary of the Army allowed only 8,000 1911s to be transferred to the CMP for sale and distribution this fiscal year. Some of those are anticipated to be unusual and worthy of being auctioned. The remaining number will be sold based on a computerized Random Number Generator.
The CMP does not know what next year’s allotment might be.
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A $1,050 Service Grade pistol “may exhibit minor pitting and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition. Pistols may contain commercial parts.”
Since their sales programs began, the CMP has never had an issue with the resale of “their” guns. That is until the 1911s started making their way onto GunBroker. All of a sudden, this 501(c)3 organization has begun imposing rules on what lawful gun owners may and may not do with guns purchased from them. Rules that did not exist at the time of purchase, I might add.
Apparently, allowing the personal property of the new owners to be resold “was not the intention of the program.” A warning on their website notes that “if you are found to be reselling these pistols you will be banned from purchasing from the CMP for an indefinite period.”
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If you love to geek out on Identifying 1911s or being super nerdy about Serial numbers etc. Please make comments below or in this gdoc >
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GcUY_Rc_wWdPtc9R6HfsV–6uVYZvQTzYPwl3l6glko/edit?usp=sharing
Range Time
I shot about 10 cartridges and each one was flawless! very smooth slide action. The mag it came with, the first round has to be slide in carefully, otherwise it won’t load in the mag properly. Modern mags will work just fine.
After I shot it, I cleaned it very very very throughly. Including taking the stocks off and wiping off that area and re-oiling/CLP.
