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04-30-2012, 07:43 PM
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1937 Colt National Match Swartz Safety
Colt Prewar National Match with the Swartz Safety 1 gun shippment 11-23-37
Original Factory condition the forward top of the polished chamber area marked with a 2 & 0      
Last edited by R DiFlorio; 04-30-2012 at 08:00 PM. 
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04-30-2012, 07:55 PM
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Sigh...
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04-30-2012, 08:48 PM
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Now that is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I've always found the Swartz safety to be an intriguing design. Have you ever removed the MSH and looked at the hammer strut? It's supposed to be highly polished also.
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04-30-2012, 09:52 PM
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This is like seeing an absolute drop-dead gorgeous female walk into the room, and being reminded that your chances of ever going out with her are absolutely zilch.
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Try not to fall into the common trap of wanting to replace everything on your new 1911 just to make it "better". Know what you're changing out, and why. You may spend a lot of money fixing things that weren't broken to begin with. Shoot it for at least 500 rounds, then decide what you don't like and want improved. Vintage 1911's should NEVER be refinished or modified because it ruins any value they had as a collectible firearm.
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04-30-2012, 09:55 PM
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04-30-2012, 10:15 PM
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Note the NM used a "rejected" military frame.. Colt was notorious for rejecting good government owned parts and which would then would show up in Government Models.....
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04-30-2012, 10:45 PM
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I've seen way too many G-marked commercial frames to believe that they were all government contract rejects.
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Try not to fall into the common trap of wanting to replace everything on your new 1911 just to make it "better". Know what you're changing out, and why. You may spend a lot of money fixing things that weren't broken to begin with. Shoot it for at least 500 rounds, then decide what you don't like and want improved. Vintage 1911's should NEVER be refinished or modified because it ruins any value they had as a collectible firearm.
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05-01-2012, 06:33 AM
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It is well documented that Colt was chastised more than once for rejecting servicable government owned parts and then using them in Government Models from the beginning of production.... Clawson is my source for the info...... In fact, the government changed their inspection procedures to prevent Colt from doing this..
Colt had a long history of this practice. Colt was doing this even when they were building Single Action Armys and most likely when they were producing Models of 1851 Navy and 1861 Armys!!!!!!! They threw NOTHING away. Most of the post war Government Models in 1946 and 1947 were built of the remaining military post contract parts!!! I am not meaning to cast aspursions on this BEAUTIFUL and desirable Colt NM, just adding historical trivia!!! Colt ran a very successful business, and they just took advantage of every opportunity to save money and were forceful with their cost control.... BTW, the Government is, by it's very nature, has and always be inefficient, more so RIGHT NOW, and going downhill fast... Every contractor steals from their Government contracts!!!! However, the biggest thieves are the politicians..... Last edited by johnholbrook; 05-01-2012 at 12:06 PM.
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05-01-2012, 09:48 AM
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Many Thanks fellow collectors for your wonderful comments there is nothing like the polished finish on prewar O frame autos thats catches my eyes, the hammer has the safety notch I did not take a pic of it when apart I have another that I would like to share prewar NM sent to the U.S. Army
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#17
05-01-2012, 04:58 PM
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Mike, I have never seen numbers stamped on top of the chamber look at the picture info from
Clawson the government models prior to 190000 only a few pistols had the new safety device installed this is one of those early few swarty safety pistols this happens to be a NM  
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05-01-2012, 06:02 PM
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Here is my fathers 1940 Government Model. He was the sheriff of San Patricio County, Texas from 1940 until his death in June 1946, at which time, my mother was appointed sheriff to serve out his term... This Colt was given to him when he was elected as sheriff by Rob Welder a famous South Texas rancher... In fact, I took my first deer on the Welder ranch when I was 11 in 1943....
The first time I shot this Colt was when I was about 8 years old... It does NOT have the Swartz Safety installed...  I had it restored and engraved by my long time friend, the late Bill Adair.. The original slide was damaged, and dad sent the gun back to Colt to be repaired. They replaced it....  
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05-01-2012, 06:17 PM
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John, nice job and engraving on your fathers pistol those 2 badges are really nice as well
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05-01-2012, 06:24 PM
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05-01-2012, 06:31 PM
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Stambaugh Hardware-I havent heard that name in a few years. I grew up in the Steubenville Ohio area and there was a Stambaughs there. I believe it closed up in the mid 1980's. I dont remember if they sold guns at ours or not. I bet you have one of the very first pistols with the Swartz componets, very cool.
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#22
05-01-2012, 06:31 PM
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Thanks for posting the picture of the Swartz Safety. It is the first picture I have ever seen of one in my life. I have heard of it but never a picture in alot of years around 1911's and Colt's. Maybe one day I can see one in person and hold it, That would be special enough, owning it I wouldn't even dream of.
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05-01-2012, 06:49 PM
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#24
05-01-2012, 07:39 PM
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Ok here is my Swartz safety National Match, not in the same league as the previously shown mint ones! Like the Holbrook pistol, mine was damaged, except it was the frame on mine. So, I replaced it with another, it was not done by Colt. It does have the Swartz safety in the slide (numbered 194799), but I had to use a regular firing pin to work with that non-Swartz frame. I also retained the Gov't lanyard loop and used a pre-WWI short hammer and slide stop only because I like them! It is an original finish Colt Government Model frame from 1928 (took 20 years to find one cheap!). All the other hand honed National Match Parts fit and work extremely well together in there. Makes a great shooter now!
 
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#25
05-01-2012, 07:54 PM
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]Thanks, not many can claim that BOTH their parents were Texas sheriffs!!![/QUOTE]
Ya John that is some very pretty impressive parents
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