Hello everyone,

It's been a while since I posted here however since last time y'all were so helpful I figured I would see if you could help with this boggle. I recently acquired a C.A.I. imported k1911. At least that's what the marking says. However the serial number is way too low for her to have been manufactured as such. Her number is in the 133xx range. I know it's not uncommon for older models to have been retrofitted into newer models and my research has lead me to come to the conclusion that she was originally either a 1889/1900 rifle or a 1905 Calvary rifle. The serial number chart that I'm using says her number falls in the range for a 1915 mfg. date. That's all well and good. What interests me is another marking, concurrent with the serial number. It's a P#. This interests me because in the serial number tables there was a series of 1889/1900 short rifles that were manufactured for export / private sale. The marking is P64 which puts her in two ranges, either 1/176 or 1/89. Basically I'm wondering, did I stumble into a real unique little rifle or does the P# mean something entirely different and I'm reading too much into things?

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