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JWA said
Here you go, plenty of boxes for everyone!https://www.gunbroker.com/item/951093003
Works out to $160/box and you get the original crate for free.
Best Regards,
Hmmm… I am now accepting donations from all of you so that I can afford that crate of ammo!!
Please send in multiples of $160 
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Bert H. said
JWA said
Here you go, plenty of boxes for everyone!
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/951093003
Works out to $160/box and you get the original crate for free.
Best Regards,
Hmmm… I am now accepting donations from all of you so that I can afford that crate of ammo!!
Please send in multiples of $160
Bert
Bert, as usual, you are 100% correct on the M1911A1. My Dad, a Marine from 1936-1957, then a former Marine the rest of his life., won all his gold medals and distinguished in 1952 with an out of the box M1911A1 and steel case ammo. The Captain of the team was the very famous pistol and rifle shot, Col. Walter Walsh USMC. Probably the best shooter ever in the USMC. He was triple distinguished. Here is a team photo taken in 1946. Dad is in the top row. Big Larry
Larry,
That is a really neat old photo. I too shot competitively during my 21-years in the U.S. Navy and won more than my share of matches. I always laughed at the sailors at my various commands that tried to claim that the reason they could not shoot a qualifying score was because the 1911A1 pistols were poor shooting guns. On more than one occasion, I would take the pistol from them and then immediately shoot a perfect 300 score with it… it humbled and shut most of them up immediately.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Cool Sir.
I bought the box of WW1 ammo. Harder to find than I thought. Now, to order the box. Thanks all. Big Larry
The buy it now price is $7,999. There are 13 boxes of ammo. I believe that works out to $30 per round or $615 per box.
A bit too much for me.
Big Larry said
Chuck said
This got me looking for my WW I box and so far no luck. I just have to keep digging. It’s somewhere???
Thanks Chuck. I would like to buy it if you find it. Big Larry
If I find it I’m putting it with my gun.
Bert H. said
oldcrankyyankee said
Bert that is a dandy 1911! Being a Marine I love them.
Being a Retired U.S. Navy Submariner, I absolutely needed to add that pistol to my collection. The U.S. Navy Submarine Fleet was the last military service branch & unit to turn in their 1911A1 pistols for the Berretta M9 pistols. I carried a Colt 1911A1 all the way up to the year 1993. Today, I have one of them in the nightstand, another in my truck, and this old Colt 1911 stays locked up in my gun safe until I take it out for show & tell. I last fired it in August of 2013 (on its 100th birthday) and shot a full box of WW II production ball ammo through it. The way I see it, no better service pistol has ever been made!
Bert – A JMB Disciple!
Bert I have to say I’m impressed. I would like to say that I was in the first class of PMI’s at Camp Lejeune in 87 to learn the new course with the M9. I will say it was fun to shoot and I did extremely well with it having graduated with honors at the top of my class. But I still don’t own one and still only shoot my clunker 45acp’s. Colt 1911’s can’t be beat, along with 45-90 wcf! Happy New Years everyone!!!!!!!
oldcrankyyankee said
Bert H. said
oldcrankyyankee said
Bert that is a dandy 1911! Being a Marine I love them.
Being a Retired U.S. Navy Submariner, I absolutely needed to add that pistol to my collection. The U.S. Navy Submarine Fleet was the last military service branch & unit to turn in their 1911A1 pistols for the Berretta M9 pistols. I carried a Colt 1911A1 all the way up to the year 1993. Today, I have one of them in the nightstand, another in my truck, and this old Colt 1911 stays locked up in my gun safe until I take it out for show & tell. I last fired it in August of 2013 (on its 100th birthday) and shot a full box of WW II production ball ammo through it. The way I see it, no better service pistol has ever been made!
Bert – A JMB Disciple!
Bert I have to say I’m impressed. I would like to say that I was in the first class of PMI’s at Camp Lejeune in 87 to learn the new course with the M9. I will say it was fun to shoot and I did extremely well with it having graduated with honors at the top of my class. But I still don’t own one and still only shoot my clunker 45acp’s. Colt 1911’s can’t be beat, along with 45-90 wcf! Happy New Years everyone!!!!!!!
I also shot well with the M9 (and the new course of fire). It was a change though, having to shoot it in its double-action mode for the first shot, and also having to shoot it off-hand at 7-yards (which was a real laugher for me). I served from January 1979 to February 2000, and in that time, I learned that the best “Marine” was a “Submarine”!!
Semper Fi to you!
p.s. There is no such thing as a “clunker” 1911 45 ACP!
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Bert, the box of ammo I got is dated 1919. Pretty close to the M1911 Springfield in my safe. Close enough for horseshoes. It’s in great condition. Only 500 stamped with the NRA eagle and how many survived? I’m looking for a value. Big Larry
Big Larry said
Bert, the box of ammo I got is dated 1919. Pretty close to the M1911 Springfield in my safe. Close enough for horseshoes. It’s in great condition. Only 500 stamped with the NRA eagle and how many survived? I’m looking for a value. Big Larry
Larry,
I have no idea what your 1919 ammo box is worth. I only know that I would gladly pay $160 per box for that 1913 ammo in that crate on Gunbroker.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Bert H. said
Big Larry said
Bert, the box of ammo I got is dated 1919. Pretty close to the M1911 Springfield in my safe. Close enough for horseshoes. It’s in great condition. Only 500 stamped with the NRA eagle and how many survived? I’m looking for a value. Big Larry
Larry,
I have no idea what your 1919 ammo box is worth. I only know that I would gladly pay $160 per box for that 1913 ammo in that crate on Gunbroker.
Bert
Bert, I need a value on the M1911. It is a Springfield and I do not know where to go for a valuation. It is one of the rare NRA pistols. I think only 500 were so marked. Big Larry
Big Larry said
Bert, I need a value on the M1911. It is a Springfield and I do not know where to go for a valuation. It is one of the rare NRA pistols. I think only 500 were so marked. Big Larry
You could try here, but I suspect a rough guess is the best you’ll get:
Larry,
I have no idea what you 1911 is worth in today’s market… I do not try to follow that market. I only know that my U.S. Navy 1911 is worth a very large pile of Ben Franklins… at least based on the offers I have received in the past. I suspect that your 1911 is worth a substantial pile of cash as well, but do not really know what that figure would be.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
clarence said
Big Larry said
Bert, I need a value on the M1911. It is a Springfield and I do not know where to go for a valuation. It is one of the rare NRA pistols. I think only 500 were so marked. Big Larry
You could try here, but I suspect a rough guess is the best you’ll get:
Cannot get in. I am very computer illiterate. I used to be a member before the owner died. I know this pistol is worth a pile of cash. Any Springfield M1911 is worth a pile of cash. Someone has too know the answer. I need to take some pics of it. Thanks buddy. Big Larry
Big Larry said
clarence said
You could try here, but I suspect a rough guess is the best you’ll get:
Cannot get in. I am very computer illiterate. I used to be a member before the owner died.
Not too illiterate to make good photos, which defeats me. When Maj. Culver died, his liberal widow (who re-married) turned it upside-down (which is why it’s now called Jouster II), & I quit in disgust.
Big Larry:
For what it is worth, here are a couple of pictures of WWI .45 ammo. boxes. One dated 1917 and one dated 1918.
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Big Larry:
And from Edward “Scott” Meadows’ excellent reference work “U.S. MILITARY PISTOLS 1894 – 1920”
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Rick Hill said
Big Larry:For what it is worth, here are a couple of pictures of WWI .45 ammo. boxes. One dated 1917 and one dated 1918.
Hi Rick. The one I got is just like your #1 picture.
My guess is, no one here has a NRA marked Springfield, or has even seen one to give me an evaluation. I will do more research on my computer. Thanks my friend, Big Larry
Found some pistols. $6,000 to over $12,000. $6,000 was a beater. $12,000 was Jack the Dog. Pretty nice pistol. Big Larry
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