{"id":29022,"date":"2026-02-27T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/the-1911s-collectors-chase\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:00:18","slug":"the-1911s-collectors-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/the-1911s-collectors-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1911s Collectors Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9kv6BsN_Lno?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Model 1911 is one of the most iconic U.S. military sidearms \u2014 from WWI contract M1911 pistols to WWII M1911A1 production. We explore 1911 history, rare variants, production numbers, and what serious collectors seek.<\/p>\n<p>Featured examples include U.S. Navy contract 1911s, AEF shipments, Remington UMC, AJ Savage Munitions slides, transitional 1911 models, and WWII production from Remington Rand, Colt, Ithaca, and Union Switch &#038; Signal.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2014 Introduction &#038; History of the 1911 Pistol<br \/>01:46 \u2014 1914 U.S. Navy Contract Colt 1911<br \/>02:31 \u2014 AEF (American Expeditionary Force) Colt 1911<br \/>03:26 \u2014 Rare Remington UMC 1911 (WWI Production)<br \/>05:13 \u2014 Unserialized Remington UMC (1 of 22 Produced)<br \/>05:45 \u2014 AJ Savage Munitions Colt Slide<br \/>08:04 \u2014 The 1924 Transitional Model 1911<br \/>09:47 \u2014 WWII Remington Rand 1911A1<br \/>11:21 \u2014 WWII Colt M1911A1 Production<br \/>12:32 \u2014 Ithaca 1911A1 in WWII<br \/>13:40 \u2014 Union Switch &#038; Signal 1911A1<br \/>15:01 \u2014 1911 Production Numbers &#038; Collectability<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#1911Pistol #WWII1911 #MilitaryFirearms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Model 1911 is one of the most iconic U.S. military sidearms \u2014 from WWI contract M1911 pistols to WWII M1911A1 production. We explore 1911 history, rare variants, production numbers, and what serious collectors seek. Featured examples include U.S. Navy contract 1911s, AEF shipments, Remington UMC, AJ Savage Munitions slides, transitional 1911 models, and WWII&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/the-1911s-collectors-chase\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 1911s Collectors Chase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":29023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}