I'm new to the forum and currently have one model 8 (approx 1911 based on serial number) and one 81 Grade E (May, 1940).
The 8 was my Grandfather's gun, then my father's, now mine and someday (God willing) my son's.
The 81 - I purchased from a friend of my father's when I was 12 (back in 1977) with my paper route money. My Dad took me to visit Sever Bang in an assited living apartment (he was in his 80's). He had a wood/glass gun cabinet with a few guns but I wanted his 81 becasue it looked like my Dad's gun (my middle brother had one also) I felt bad because Sever had realized he was never going to hunt again. He had a stack (15 or so) 35 rem boxes full of ammo next to the gun. He gave me two of them with the gun. I offered to buy the rest but he wanted to keep them in case he got another 35. I never used the any in the boxes he gave me and I still have them. My Dad had concerns over the fact they were probably 20 years old and didn't want me to use them.
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