Colt Mark IV Series 80 Officer’s Model .45 ACP

This pistol comes to us from the collection of an Arizona law officer who recently sold off 1000 of his personal weapons. It was manufactured in 1986 and has been very well cared for and hardly fired. It comes with one Colt Magazine and a very nice leather belt holster.

Some history about these unique and desirable Colt pistols:

In the 1970s, the Rock Island Arsenal began production of a shortened 1911 for use as a General Officer’s pistol. These pistols were built only for issue to Generals and were not available to the general public. The idea of a compact 1911 was already around; the Commander had been in production for some time up to that point and gunsmiths had made more compact 1911-style pistols as one-off custom guns. Detonics was one of if not the earliest companies to introduce a production 1911-style pistol smaller even than the Commander, their Combat Master. Colt took some time to react to the popularity of these guns and then introduced the Officer’s ACP in the mid-’80s. This is an early example, produced in 1986 and is in about Fine condition with 95% of its finish, a bright bore and strong mechanics. With its shorter barrel and frame, this pistol brings more concealability to the classic 1911 design and with its 6-round magazine, it doesn’t even compromise too much on capacity vs. a full size. As great of a carry gun as this is, it’s also a Colt and collectors may be interested in adding this one to their stable.