|
Colt Conversion Unit .22 LR-.45 ACP - Known Examples
Colt Conversion Unit .22 LR-.45 ACP
|
|
While the description is deceiving, the ".22 - .45" units
converted the standard .45 ACP Government Model, Model 1911
and Model 1911A1 into .22 caliber pistols. |
Serial Number |
Description |
U21 |
Charged to Colt's Loan Account and shipped
to the National Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio on August 11,
1938. This was processed on Colt Factory Number 8045 and was
one of 10 units in shipment. The letter further remarks that
this conversion unit was returned to Colt on November 17,
1938 and reshipped to West Chester Trading Company in Mt.
Vernon, New York on December 5, 1938 with 5 other units.
This single unit was returned to Colt again on September 16,
1939. There is no further record indicating that subject
conversion unit was shipped again from the Colt factory. |
U24 |
|
U29 |
Charged to Colt's Loan Account and shipped
to the National Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio on August 11,
1938. (Also see U21 which was in this same Camp Perry
shipment of 10 units.) This was processed on Colt Factory
Number 8045 and was one of 10 units in shipment. The records
further indicate this conversion unit was returned to the
factory on November 17, 1938 and subsequently shipped to
Zeppelin Arms company in Akron, Ohio on December 1, 1938.
They purchased the conversion unit at the 1938 Camp Perry
National Matches. |
U56 |
|
U75 |
Shipped to Thompson-Diggs Company,
Sacramento, California on September 1, 1938, (1 of 2) |
U177 |
Shipped to Phil Bekaert, San Francisco, CA |
U216 |
Shipped to Stoeger Arms Company, New York, New York on
September 16, 1938. (1 of 4) |
U229 |
Shipped to Von Lengerke & Antoine, Chicago, Illinois on
September 2, 1938. (1 of 3) |
U272 |
|
U302 |
|
U309 |
|
U310 |
Shipped to Alexander Kagen, Reading PA on
January 24, 1939. |
U348 |
|
U357 |
|
U371 |
King Gun Sight Company, San Francisco,
California on March 3, 1939. Date of Manufacture was
February 10, 1939. (1 of 2) |
U378 |
|
U486 |
|
U500 |
U.S. Government Co. C 11th Infantry P.N.G.,
Norristown, Pennsylvania. Shipped May 27, 1940 (1 of 1) |
U504 |
|
U561 |
|
U563 |
|
U629 |
|
U642 |
|
U777 |
|
U783 |
|
U785 |
Shipped to George Davis, Alton, Illinois,
August 30, 1939 (1 of 1) |
U804 |
|
U812 |
|
U902 |
Shippped to Abercrombie & Fitch Company, New York, New York
on February 7, 1941 (1 of 1) |
U971 |
|
U994 |
165th Infantry New York National Guard, New
York, New York. Shipped February 3, 1940 (1 of 6) |
U997 |
|
U998 |
|
U1065 |
|
U1079 |
|
U1100 |
|
U1117 |
|
U1131 |
U.S. Government Depot Quartermaster, U.S.
Marine Corps Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Colt Factory Order
#241 (1 of 30) Shipped Sept. 30, 1941 |
U1140 |
|
U1318 |
W.J. Bennett, New York, New York, Sharp
Paper & Specialty Company, April 5, 1940 (1 of 1) |
U1333 |
Shipped to Richmond Hardware Co, Richmond,
VA for The Adjutant General of Virginia, Commonwealth of VA,
Fulton Warehouse, Richmond, VA on March 6, 1942 (1 of 11)
Processed on Colt Factory Order number 1383. |
U1334 |
|
U1354 |
Sold to the United States Government and
shipped May 5, 1942 to the Depot Quartermaster, United
States Marine Corps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Processed
on Colt Factory Order Number 241.(1 of 15) |
U1398 |
|
U1481 |
|
U1483 |
|
U1492 |
Sold to the United States Government and
shipped December 17, 1942 to the Depot Quartermaster, United
States Marine Corps, 1100 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. (1 of 65) |
U1555 |
|
U1597 |
U.S. Government Depot Quartermaster, U.S.
Marine Corps 1100 South Broad Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, December 30, 1942, Colt Factory Order #241 (1
of 36) |
U1646 |
USMC Shipped Unit. Original box numbered to unit shows top
label for .45-.22 Government Model Conversion Unit (for use
with the SM Ace Only) |
U1725 |
U.S. Government Depot Quartermaster, U.S. Marine Corps 1100
South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 7,
1943, Colt Factory Order #241 (1 of 36) |
U1735 |
|
U1748 |
Sold to the United States Government, shipped to
Transportation Officer, Fort Myer, Rosslyn, Virginia for
Ordnance Officer. Unit was one of 50 in the shipment and was
process on Colt Factory Order number 1979. This unit was
shipped February 22, 1943 |
U1755 |
|
U2104 |
|
U2174 |
|
U2245 |
|
U2293 |
Marshall Wells Company Spokane, Washington, Shipped October
28, 1946 (1 of 3) |
U2393 |
|
U2406 |
|
U2458 |
|
U2564 |
|
U2582 |
Richard Weir, Box 71 New Monmouth, New Jersey, November 7,
1946 (1 of 1) |
U2632 |
|
U2654 |
W.A.L. Thompson Hardware Company, Topeka, Kansas. Shipped
November 7, 1946 (1 of 4) |
|
|