This Colt Government Model is a 1979-production .45 Auto with a 5-inch barrel, serial 19195B70, made as a limited special edition honoring the Houston Police Department. It is blue steel with gold inlays, and it comes with its wood presentation box. The bore is very good. There is pitting on the gold inlays, but overall condition is very good. The pistol comes from the collection of retired HPD Captain Richard D. Williams.

A commemorative 1911 with a named former owner is a collector's pistol, and that is the Pennsylvania buyer it suits: someone building a shelf of police commemoratives who wants box and provenance together. It remains a 5-inch Government Model underneath, so it can be shot, but the inlays argue for light range use. Pennsylvania has no permit to purchase, no registration and no waiting period; your dealer runs the transfer through Form 4473, the state Record of Sale and a PICS check, and private handgun sales must go through a dealer or the county sheriff.

Key features

• .45 Auto Government Model, 5-inch barrel, 1979
• Houston Police Department special edition, limited run
• Blue steel with gold inlays
• From retired HPD Captain Richard D. Williams' collection
• Wood presentation box included

It ships to a Pennsylvania FFL dealer for Form 4473, the Record of Sale and the PICS check; you must be 21 or older.