| Date |
Serial Start |
Serial End |
Manufacturer |
Quantity: |
| 1912 |
1 |
500 |
Colt |
500 |
| 1912 |
501 |
1000 |
Colt USN |
500 |
| 1912 |
1001 |
1500 |
Colt |
500 |
| 1912 |
1501 |
2000 |
Colt USN |
500 |
| 1912 |
2001 |
2500 |
Colt |
500 |
| 1912 |
2501 |
3500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
3501 |
3800 |
Colt USMC |
300 |
| 1912 |
3801 |
4500 |
Colt |
700 |
| 1912 |
4501 |
5500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
5501 |
6500 |
Colt |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
6501 |
7500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
7501 |
8500 |
Colt |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
8501 |
9500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
9501 |
10500 |
Colt |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
10501 |
11500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
11501 |
12500 |
Colt |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
12501 |
13500 |
Colt USN |
1,000 |
| 1912 |
13501 |
17250 |
Colt |
3,750 |
| 1913 |
17251 |
36400 |
Colt |
19,150 |
| 1913 |
36401 |
37650 |
Colt USMC |
1,250 |
| 1913 |
37651 |
38000 |
Colt |
350 |
| 1913 |
38001 |
43800 |
Colt USN |
5,800 |
| 1913 |
43801 |
43900 |
Colt USN (USS New York) |
100 |
| 1913 |
43901 |
44000 |
Colt USN (USS Texas) |
100 |
| 1913 |
44001 |
60400 |
Colt |
16,400 |
| 1914 |
60401 |
72570 |
Colt |
12,170 |
| 1914-15 |
72571 |
83855 |
Springfield Armory (1915: 81751-838.55; |
11,285 |
| 1914 |
83856 |
83900 |
Colt |
45 |
| 1914 |
83901 |
84400 |
Colt USMC |
500 |
| 1914 |
84401 |
96000 |
Colt |
11,600 |
| 1914 |
96001 |
97537 |
Colt USN (Various ships) |
1,537 |
| 1914 |
97538 |
102596 |
Colt |
5,059 |
| 1915 |
102597 |
107596 |
Springfield Armory |
5,000 |
| 1915 |
107597 |
109500 |
Colt |
1,904 |
| 1915 |
109501 |
110000 |
Colt USN (Naval Militia) |
500 |
| 1915 |
110001 |
113496 |
Colt |
3,496 |
| 1915-16 |
113497 |
120566 |
Springfield Armory (1916: 120201-120566) |
7,070 |
| 1915 |
120567 |
125566 |
Colt |
5,000 |
| 1916-17 |
125567 |
133186 |
Springfield Armory (1917 : 127131-127978) |
7,620 |
| 1916-17 |
128617 |
133186 |
Colt (SA suspended serial numbers) |
4,570 |
| 1916 |
133187 |
137400 |
Colt |
4,214 |
| 1917 |
137401 |
151186 |
Colt |
13,786 |
| 1916 |
151187 |
151986 |
Colt USMC |
800 |
| 1917 |
151987 |
185800 |
Colt |
33,814 |
| 1917 |
185801 |
186200 |
Colt USMC (transferred from Army) |
400 |
| 1917-18 |
186201 |
209586 |
Colt (1918: 204987-209586) |
23,386 |
| 1917 |
209587 |
210386 |
Colt USMC |
800 |
| 1917 |
210387 |
215386 |
Colt (Reserved for receivers) |
5,000 |
| 1917 |
215387 |
216186 |
Colt USMC |
800 |
| 1917 |
216187 |
216586 |
Colt Army (transferred from USMC) |
400 |
| 1917 |
216587 |
216986 |
Colt USMC |
400 |
| 1918 |
216987 |
217386 |
Colt USMC |
400 |
| 1917-18 |
217387 |
223952 |
Colt (1918: 217801-223952) |
6,566 |
| 1918 |
223953 |
223990 |
Colt USN |
38 |
| 1918 |
223991 |
232000 |
Colt |
8,010 |
| 1918 |
232001 |
233600 |
Colt USN |
1 ,600 |
| 1918 |
233601 |
573000 ± |
Colt (not in serial order) total shipped |
319,746 |
| 1918 |
1 |
13381 |
Remington Arms-UMC |
13,381 |
| 1919 |
13382 |
21676 |
Remington Arms-UMC |
8,295 |
| 1919 |
±551000 |
629500 |
Colt (continued from 1918) total shipped |
76,154 |
| 1919 |
629501 |
717386 |
Colt |
Suspended |
Charles W. Clawson. Collector's Guide to Colt .45 Service Pistols: Models of 1911 and 1911A1 Third Edition. Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5216
