Robertson Trading Post – 1911 Pistols Page

Winter 2008-2009

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Robertson Trading Post 117 Front St PO Box 365 Henderson, Tennessee 38340-0365 jprbrtsn@charter.net andy@robertsontradingpost.com 731-989-7641 Our internet phone hours are 8:30-4 Mon – Sat. Our answering machine is not reliable, but our e-mail is reliable.

In business since 1952 NRA Dealer of the Year 1993, 1995, 1997

 

Thanks for visiting our web page. This page contains a couple of our listings in 1911 Type Pistols. Most of our firearms are listed on

Guns America         with a few on           Auction Arms

and a few more on Gun Broker. Our most comprehensive listings, and most of our new arrivals, are on Guns America. You don't have to join to view our listings, but it's easy to enroll.

            We not only sell, we buy and trade. We’re pretty strong buyers on many of the items similar to the ones on this page. While we’re not interested in black plastic guns like Glocks or PT-24 Tauruses, we’re very interested in pre-2000 manufacture bright blue, nickel, or stainless traditional firearms with wood grips or stocks. For those among our shoppers who might offer to trade with us or sell with us, please bear in mind that it costs us about $50.00 to process a firearm, from the time we receive it until it’s a finished listing on our web page or in our store.

Thanks for looking over our inventory, and for those among our shoppers who have done business with us in the past. We use NRA grading terminology and percentages of the original finish remaining on the firearm in our descriptions. While firearm grading is subjective like coin grading, we have tried to give ample closeup photos of the firearms and tried to describe any detracting features of each firearm in such a way as seller and buyer can be as clear as possible on the merchandise’s condition. We include specific citations to Fjiestad’s Blue Book of Gun Values, published annually by Krause Publications.

Format is our stock number & heading – then photos – then description and price on each item. Serial numbers are deliberately smudged.

 

Note that we only charge $15.00 Shipping for handguns to the lower 47 States, $20 to AK, CA & HI.

 

Discount schedule: 2% discount for payment with USPS Money Orders. This does not necessarily apply to items bought on other venues, such as Guns America, Gun Broker, or Auction Arms.                 

 

HG0818 – RIA45

Rock Island .45 1911 Armscorp  Mil-Spec NIB

            We have dealt Armscorp products for almost 30 years, always with good experience. We wish we had some more of their .22 Magnum ammo that we could sell for $3.00 a box. In a market where Brazilian made .45 1911 clones are commanding prices from $500 to $1200, this is an outstanding value and a plain old good gun, the Filipino-made Rock Island 1911A1 .45 auto. Factory specs are as follows:

    Photo shows one that we have in stock at press time. This fine pistol comes with one Novak 8 shot magazine, fired brass, papers, and eggshell-foam hard plastic case. Own one  for only     $ 389.95.      Occasionally available Nickel Rock Island .45s - $ 439.95.                                                                                                                                                              

 

HG1310

Remington Rand 1911 .45 Hillbilly Chrome

            Here is a relic not just from World War II, but part of the continuing history of World War II Veterans after the war ended. This may be a parts gun, but the markings are abundant with reasonable visibility. Serial number is 11853xx, a Colt number from 1943 according to R.L. Wilson; the slide, however, is clearly Remington Rand, Syracuse, NY. Springfield Armory crossed cannon logo is visible at the rear right side of the frame, up top; SA marking follows the serial number, and the number 35 is on the upper flat of the serial number area. On the opposite side of the trigger guard is a lower case e, and Colonel Drewry’s G.H.D. inspection mark is on the left side beneath the slide stop. Note the small cutaway slot on the forward right side of the slide. Mechanically and finishwise, this pistol is only fair to good. It exhibits considerable looseness, as many of our hillbilly veterans would say, you can call the chickens by shaking this pistol. There is probably a total of 4-5 mm lateral movement in the slide if a person moves it with his left hand. There is a similar amount of movement vertically with one’s left hand, a person can get a clear view of the spring by putting upward pressure on the slide. Bore is Very Good, dirty but not pitted, and the barrel is probably period, as well as the magazine. The hammer will fall without necessarily engaging the magazine safety, and the magazine requires a firm bump to lock into place. We believe the pistol would fire, but do not recommend that.

            Here is what is historically important to this pistol. It was probably sold through the DCM for $10 - $15 in the 1950s. Its home location was Gibson County, Tennessee, whose chief employer in the 1950s was the Milan Army Ammunition Arsenal. One of our fellow hillbillies from here in the West Tennessee Hills likely bought this pistol through DCM, had a streak of Elvis-y inspiration, and dipped it in chrome. And man, was he ever up town with a nickel plated .45 auto in Milan, Tennessee on Saturday Night in 1954. Holster is from Northeast Mississippi, thoroughly appropriate and thoroughly period. This 1911A1 is bona fide hillbilly customized. As we have remarked elsewhere, it has never been any problem getting our fellow hillsmen to fight for their Country; the problem has been to get them to stop fighting when they get back home. This specimen attests that truth. Own it                 for only                        $489.95

 

Sales policy: We accept Mastercard or Visa on a phone- or fax-in basis; and USPS Money Orders for immediate shipment. Personal checks, company checks, and in some instances Cashier’s Checks may involve a delay of no more than 8 business days for clearance. We offer a 7 day return privilege, lay-aways and NIB guns excluded. We offer 90 day lay-away with 20 percent down, balance in 90 days, but will levy a 6% per month service charge on the unpaid balance if the lay-away runs past 90 days. We accept trade-ins at agreed-upon prices, delivered to us. We cannot be responsible for the freight on returns unless we have made some sort of glaring mistake.

 

Walk-in customers from Tennessee may buy firearms of any type we have. Tennessee Sales Tax is 9 ¾%, and there is a $10 TBI Tennessee Instant Check Fee on all firearms purchases. Customers from many other states may buy long guns, but that depends on your state's laws. Buyers from Connecticut, Florida, Texas, or California, for example, cannot walk in to our store and buy a firearm; buyers from Indiana, Montana, or Oklahama, for example, can. They are subject to the same sales tax and TICS fees as Tennessee Residents.

 

Shipping rates and information: We must have a signed copy of the purchaser’s Federal Firearms License in order to ship firearms interstate, and that licensee must check out with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a current, bona fide licensee. Legible faxed and scanned copies are permissible. Individuals commonly use Licensees to act as transfer agents. We always include a gun lock and a copy of the Federal Youth Firearms Safety Act brochure with handguns, shipped or over-the-counter; and we always furnish a copy of our FFL to the receiving dealer.

     

      First handgun is $15.00, $7.50 each for add-ons, insured, USPS Priority Mail. $20 for First Hand Gun to Alaska, California, or Hawaii. California approved gun lock is included at this rate.

      First long gun is $25.00, $10.00 each for add-ons in one order. Insurance is included. $35 for First Long Gun to Alaska, California, or Hawaii.

 

Interstate Shipments of Firearms can go to Federally Licensed Dealers Only. Anyone who undertakes to purchase a firearm must first of all be eligible to own one under State and Federal Law. Disabilities from owning firearms include being under 21 for a handgun (or pistol grip rifle or shotgun) or under 18 for a long gun; conviction, indictment or information of a misdemeanor domestic violence or felony (it does not matter if the person served jail time or not, the conviction or information suffices); adjudication of a nervous disorder or disability; and non-citizenship in the United States. If anyone who is not eligible to own a firearm attempts to purchase one from us, we will assist law enforcement in that person’s prosecution. If anyone attempts to aid and abet the acquisition of a firearm from us for an ineligible person, we will assist in all involved parties’ prosecution. We have no intention of violating any laws. That is why we cannot ship some firearms and/or magazines to jurisdictions that include California, Maryland, New Jersey, and the New York City vicinity.

One of the most common and persistent violations of Federal Law is the straw purchase. Never attempt to buy a gun for someone else under any circumstances. Even spouses buying for each other is tricky. We will not accept third party payment for firearms purchases. If you want to buy someone a present, buy something besides a firearm.

If an unlicensed individual wishes to purchase a firearm that we have advertised on a mail order, interstate basis, he or she must do so legally through an FFL, a federally licensed dealer. Dealers normally charge transfer fees. In our experience, the most readily available transferors are Pawnbrokers and Gunsmiths. Please have transfer logistics worked out before contacting us for a purchase. Thanks for your interest. Law Enforcement officers may purchase a firearm through their department only if it will be used on duty, and Department Letters and paperwork from the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the jurisdiction are required.

 

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