Colt Government Model, SKU O1911C-SS

Name: Colt Government Model, SKU O1911C-SS
Brand: Colt

This record covers Colt's Government Model in .45 ACP, SKU O1911C-SS, as described by an archived Colt-hosted spec sheet: a single-action-only pistol with a 5 in barrel, an 8.5 in overall length, a stainless steel frame, Double Diamond rosewood grips, white dot sights and a seven-round magazine.

Record / colt-government-model-45acp

Government Model, SKU O1911C-SS

Colt

Source verified

Scope note: THE ONLY RECORD IN THE DIRECTORY WHOSE SOURCE IS RETAILER TIER, and the tier is a judgement about the document rather than about its address. This record comes from a single spec sheet served by Colt's own domain — colt.com/api.php?action=specsheet — but the document is shaped like a distributor data feed rather than a manufacturer's: it carries a $999.00 retail price and a list of state restrictions (California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington DC), and its title follows a retail-catalogue naming convention shared with the other 57 archived captures of that endpoint. It is therefore labelled `retailer`, and every value it backs is chipped as such on the page. Reading it as manufacturer tier because colt.com serves it would be exactly the mistake the tier field exists to prevent. THE SHEET CONTRADICTS ITSELF ABOUT WHICH MODEL IT DESCRIBES, and that shapes what this record may say. Its title reads "COLT GOVERNMENT SERIES 70 .45 ACP" while its body reads "MODEL: 1991 Government" — and the Colt 1991 and the Series 70 are different model families, not two names for one thing. Neither label is adopted here: the record is keyed to the SKU, which the sheet states three times consistently (in the title, as "SKU: O1911C-SS", and as "MFG MODEL NO: O1911C-SS") and which the UPC 098289112224 accompanies. So the model name carries the SKU rather than a series, and no generation or series is recorded. The measurements survive the inconsistency because both disputed families are Government-pattern pistols at the same barrel and overall length, but the SERIES does not survive it, and that is the distinction the record keeps. WHY THIS EXISTS AS A SEPARATE RECORD: Colt's live catalogue lists the 1911 Classic Government in 9 mm only (SKU O1911C-SS9), and that record is scoped because Colt publishes no dimensions for it. This sheet names the .45 ACP seven-round SKU exactly, so it can back its own record — but its 5 in barrel and 8.5 in overall length were deliberately NOT transplanted onto the 9 mm listing, because matching model codes are not matching models. The two records are cross-referenced so that the relationship is visible rather than rediscovered. WHAT THE SHEET DOES NOT PUBLISH IS MOST OF WHAT A RECORD USUALLY HOLDS: no weight of any kind — the first record here with none at all — and no height, no width, no year introduced and no warranty. The dimensions row therefore names the two absent axes rather than implying a complete set. Colt publishes imperial only, so both metric figures are this directory's conversions and flagged. Action: the sheet gives "ACTION: Single Action" in its header block and "Action: SAO" in its specification block, which agree, so the trigger action normalizes to sao and the maker's wording is kept verbatim. Ignition and operating system are unset: a 1911 is a hammer-fired short-recoil pistol and the sheet says neither word, and a retailer-tier document is the last place to start inferring across axes. Slide finish is unset: the sheet publishes "FINISH TYPE: Stainless Steel", which describes the firearm and its material rather than a slide finish, the same call made on the Walther PPK. Family is unset: the sheet's "Series: Government" is a term from a retailer feed, and the live-site family this SKU would belong to cannot be established because Colt no longer lists it. Frame class and manufacturer size class are likewise unset — "Government" is a model designation in 1911 usage, not a published size class. Also published and unrecorded for want of a schema field: a steel frame, Double Diamond rosewood grips, the UPC, and the $999.00 price the sheet carried at capture. THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE AS PUBLISHED AT CAPTURE (2024-03-07) AND THE ENDPOINT IS NOW GONE: colt.com/api.php returns 404, so this record cannot be refreshed from its own source. Re-verify against any Colt document that names O1911C-SS if one becomes reachable.

Reference fields

Manufacturer	Colt^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Firearm category	Handgun^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Chambering	.45 ACP^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Manufacturer chambering	45 ACP^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Generation	Not yet verified
Directory frame class	Not yet verified
Manufacturer listing	Listed under SKU O1911C-SS, UPC 098289112224; Colt's live catalogue no longer carries this configuration^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Year introduced	Not yet verified
Manufacturer action label	Single Action (SAO)^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Trigger action	Single-action only^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Overall dimensions	≈length 215.9 mm / length 8.5 in (width and height not published)^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Barrel length	≈127 mm / 5 in^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Magazine capacity	Standard: 7; no optional capacities listed by the source^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Trigger pull	Not yet verified
Slide finish	Not yet verified
Controls	White dot sights; Double Diamond rosewood grips on a steel frame^{[1]Retailer / distributor}
Warranty	Not yet verified
MSRP	Not recorded

Verification boundary: Published technical data are rounded, may not reflect manufacturing tolerances, and may change without notice. MSRP is not recorded: most cited product pages do publish a price, but it changes without notice and independently of the specification, so this directory has no field for it and the row stays blank rather than carrying a figure that would silently go stale. Values marked ≈ were converted by this directory from the unit system the source published; the unmarked figure in the same row is the published one.

Evidence tiers backing this record: Retailer / distributor. Unmarked values come from manufacturer documentation; any value drawn from a lower tier is labeled inline with that tier. Where two sources disagreed, the higher tier was recorded and the disagreement noted.

Sources

[1]
Colt spec sheet for O1911C-SS — .45 ACP, 5" barrel, stainless finish, rosewood grips (Colt-hosted, distributor-shaped; carries a retail price and state restrictions, and names both "Series 70" and "1991 Government")Retailer / distributor Distributor spec sheet served from the manufacturer's domain (PDF) · Web Archive capture
Accessed 2026-08-12 · Captured 2024-03-07 from https://www.colt.com/api.php?action=specsheet&product_id=573460