1911 Colt Commander question?

[GoldTip]

Hey guys trying to find a little info on the 1911 Colt Commander in 45acp.  Just picked one up as a good deal from a guy and can't seem to figure out when it was made by doing a serial number search.  It has the LW prefix, just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to determine approx date of manufacture.

[tlbradford]

LW means light wight.  I'll try to find the link for dating your gun.

[tlbradford]

http://www.sightm1911.com/1911Production.htm

Try this link.  If you can't find it here, post up the serial number with a couple of xx's on the end of it and I'll do some more digging.

[GoldTip]

Yeah I looked there and couldn't figure it out, as none of the serial numbers have the "LW" prefix to be honest.  My SN is 440xx, five digits with LW preceeding that.

[tlbradford]

http://proofhouse.com/colt/ccom.htm

Here is the site I was looking for.  This helped me on dating my older brownings.  Looks like yours is 1964.

[GoldTip]

Thanks for the help TL, I appreciate it.  I got it for a steal, now this weekend will see how it shoots!

[tlbradford]

Any other markings?  "MarkIV", "Series 70", "Series 80", "E" etc.  Does it look like this one?

[GoldTip]

Well it's got more of a wood appearance grip and is blued, but is of the same size and barrel length as the picture you've posted, but no other markings.  Simply Colt Commander on the left side of slide.  Right side of frame has the SN, and right side of slide has the place of manufacture.  It is not knurled around the front of the grip below the the trigger guard as the one in the picture.

[tlbradford]

It sounds like your model is definately a 1964 version.  I am sure it shoots great.  Let us know.

[GoldTip]

Thanks again for the help.  Will get it out this weekend and run some rounds down the pipe.