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LOT 1343
Historic Documented U.S. Beretta M9 General
Officer’s Semi-Automatic Pistol with Holster,
Magazine Pouch and Two Extra Magazines, Property
of Major General John S. Guthrie Junior - Serial no.
GO-00636, 9 mm cal., 5 inch round bbl., black finish,
plastic grips. Per the included documentation, consisting of
correspondence from Rock Island Arsenal, this was the issued service pistol of Major
General John Simpson Guthrie Junior during his time as a general officer with the
United States Army, which he purchased and retained as a personal sidearm on his
retirement. Introduced in 1986 as the successor to the RIA M15 and Colt 1903/1908, the
M9 General Officer’s Pistol was both a badge of rank and personal defense weapon issued
to Brigadier Generals upon their appointment to the rank. Like the 1903/1908, the M9 GO is more
or less identical to the standard service weapon, with the use of a distinct serial range to mark them out as special. A graduate
of the West Point Class of 1959, Guthrie was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit during
peacetime, with service at the Pentagon and with the staff of Richard Nixon’s White House. Blade front and notch rear sights, with standard
manufacturer/assembly numbers overall, the “GO” serial number on the left side of the frame, and
checkered Beretta grips. Included with the pistol are a black leather Bianchi G100 holster, Bianchi
G115 magazine pouch, and two extra Italian-made Beretta magazines with military assembly
number markings.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 90% plus original matte black finish, showing bright edge wear, mild
handling marks, and some loss of the white paint on the front sight. The grips are also in excellent
condition. Mechanically excellent. The holster and pouch show wear and scuffing.
Estimate: 6,500 - 9,500
LOT 1344
Documented U.S. Army 101st
Airborne Division Paratrooper
Issued SIG Sauer M17 Semi-
Automatic Pistol with Box and FOIA Letter -
Serial no. TF001182, 9 mm Parabellum cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl.,
coyote PVD finish, plastic grips. Selected by the U.S. military in
January 2017 as the winner of the Modular Handgun System (MHS)
competition to replace the Beretta M9 series, the M17 is a variant
of SIG Sauer’s P320 line of striker-fired, semi-automatic pistols. The
design utilizes a serialized fire control unit (FCU) that can be readily
swapped between grip frames of differing size, with the M17’s FCU
incorporating a bilateral thumb safety. This pistol is one of many M17s
that were issued out to U.S. Army in late 2017, with only 3,000 later
returned to SIG Sauer and made available for sale on the commercial
market. Features illuminated night sights, optics mounting point on the
slide, extra weight recoil spring, and coyote PVD metal finish with coyote colored polymer. The grip unit is marked size “M”. The included Freedom of Information Act letter from the Department
of Defense states this pistol was issued to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on December 17, 2017, and
was later turned back in to the Fort Campbell Logistics Readiness Center by Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment on December 10, 2019. Also included is the original SIG Sauer
box dated “13-DEC-2019” identifying the pistol as “UDM17-9-SURPLUS”, along with two extra magazines, an extra recoil spring assembly, a “M17” marked user’s manual, and an action lock.
CONDITION: Very fine as a U.S. Army M17 service pistol issued to and carried by the paratroopers of the 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, retaining 89% original coyote PVD
finish with darkening on the left side of the slide, light holster pattern edge wear, and scattered light handling marks. The grip module is fine with scattered light holster pattern slide scrapes and
attractive scuffing on the textured grip hinting at the extensive use it endured. Mechanically excellent. The box is very fine.
Estimate: 3,000 - 4,500