COLT 1911 -1937 to 1945

COLT 1911 1937 TO 1945			1937			U .S. NAVY SERIAL NUMBERS
Model	Year	Serial No	Model	Year	Serial No	Model	Year	Serial No
COLT	1937	710001 711606	COLT	1937	712350 712349


COLT 1911			1938
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL		SERIAL NO	MODEL		SERIAL NO
COLT	1938	712350 713645


COLT 1911			1939			U .S. NAVY SERIAL NUMBERS
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1939	713646 717281


COLT 1911			1940
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1940	717282 721281


COLT 1911			1941
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1941	721978 756733	SINGER *	1941	8000001 S805500


COLT 1911			1942
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1942	756734 793733	COLT	1942	797640 800000	COLT	1942	801001 856100
H&R **	1942	H800501 H801000


COLT 1911			1942			U .S. NAVY SERIAL NUMBERS
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1942	793734 797639


COLT 1911			1943
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1943	856101 958100	COLT	1943	10887726 10908673	COLT	1943	1096405 1208673
ITHACA	1943	856405 916404	ITHACA	1943	1208674 1279698	ITHACA	1943	1441431 1471430
REPLACEMENT FRAME SERIALS	1943	856101 856404	REPLACEMENT FRAME SERIALS	1943	1279699 1279698	REMINGTON RAND	1943	916405 1041404
REMINGTON RAND	1943	1279699 1441430	REMINGTON RAND	1943	1471431 1609528	UNION SWITCH SIGNAL	1943	1041405 1096404


COLT 1911			1944
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1944	1609529 1743846	REMINGTON RAND	1944	1743847 1816641	REMINGTON RAND	1944	1890504 2075103
ITHACA	1944	1816642 1890503


COLT 1911			1945
MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO	MODEL	YEAR	SERIAL NO
COLT	1945	2244804 2380013	REMINGTON RAND	1945	2134404 2244803	REMINGTON RAND	1945	2380014 2619013
ITHACA	1945	2075104 2134403	ITHACA	1945	2619014 2693613

Last serial number manufactured by Colt is 2368781.
Last serial number manufactured by Remington Rand is 2465139.
Last serial number manufactured by Ithaca is 2660318.
The following are serial numbers that Colt duplicated :
In the Ithaca serial number range 60 thousand guns from serials 856405 to 916404.
In the Remington Rand serial range 41696 guns in serial number range from 916405 to 958100.
In the Union Switch and Signal range 4,171 guns in serial number range from 1088726 to 1092896.
There were 617,341 guns manufactured by Colt.
There were 9967 guns manufactured by Colt for the U.S. Navy.
There were 500 guns manufactured by the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
There were 55000 guns manufactured by Union Switch & Signal.
There were 877,751 guns manufactured by Remington Rand.
There were 335,167 guns manufactured by Ithaca.
There are 2 Remington Rand experimental revolvers knowm serial numbers : ERS10 and ERS 4
Colt experimental national match with experimental firing pin safety serial number : 201892 .
Colt 1911 with experimental 11 inch barrel and 20 round clip manufactured 1918 -1919 serial number : 014642 .
Colt 38 Super experimental with 20 round clip serial number : 204
For more on this subject we recommend the following books :
COLT 45 SERVICE PISTOL by Charles W . Clawson
BOOK OF COLT FIREARMS by R. L. Wilson