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My first 1911 pistol. Is it really made in 1954?

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I got my first pistol from 1911 but have little information about it, look on the colt page and the information says it's from 1954, can that be true? I want to restore it, it is very battered but despite this, I am fascinated with this pistol, someone who did not treat it well was the owner but I fell in love with it. I have to fix it.
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cundiff5535
This guy manages to type out a full title in the subject and goes full Spanish in the post.

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Eastwoodfan
Yeah it's a '54, it started as a .45 ACP. Does it run OK? Just a shooter if it will run, not worth restoration in my opinion. Congrats on your first 1911 and welcome to the forum.
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jaroca476
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Este tipo se las arregla para escribir un título completo en el asunto y lo escribe en español en la publicación.

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Perdón por publicar esto y me emocioné y olvidé revisarlo.
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jaroca476
Eastwoodfan said:
Sí, es un '54, comenzó como un .45 ACP. ¿Funciona bien?
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not really at all, when firing the last bullet the slide is not mounted.
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Eastwoodfan
That's unfortunate, you could possibly have it changed back to .45 but it may be cost prohibitive.
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jaroca476
Eastwoodfan said:
That's unfortunate, you could possibly have it changed back to .45 but it may be cost prohibitive.
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Also, I thought to do that. But I would like to stay with the 9mm caliber, in my country it is difficult to obtain 45 caliber. Do you have any idea how I could do to solve this problem?
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jaroca476 said:
Also, I thought to do that. But I would like to stay with the 9mm caliber, in my country it is difficult to obtain 45 caliber. Do you have any idea how I could do to solve this problem?
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Plenty of great gunsmith advice here but regrettably I'm not qualified. Someone should be along shortly to help.
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gunfighter45
Welcome to the site. No reason at all not to do some restoration on it and get it running if you like it. I wouldn’t go overboard but improving the function and finish might not be too costly although I don’t know what services are available in your area. It’s usually somewhat difficult to diagnose/fix issues without having the pistol in one’s hands.
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