[fred cook]

A little help, please, I ran across this 1911 (not 1911A1) pistol. It has a strange serial number that reads No 710000A. The 710000 would put it right at the end of the 1911 production but I have never seen one with the "A" for a suffix. Any thoughts? Notice that the "A" is not quite straight in alignment with the serial number digits, like it had been stamped separately.