WTK: Original finish on 1918 Colt 1911?

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  • SPEEDGUNNER
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 729
    #1

    WTK: Original finish on 1918 Colt 1911?

    Looking for some help on a 1918 vintage Colt 1911, serial 50XXXX. No rebuild markings. Incorrect grips and WWII replacement barrel. From the pictures provided can you ascertain if this pistol is original finish?

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    "There's a race of men that don't fit in,
    A race that can't stay still;
    So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
    And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service
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    • SPEEDGUNNER
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 729
      #2
      One more

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      Any comments or observations would be appreciated.
      "There's a race of men that don't fit in,
      A race that can't stay still;
      So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
      And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service

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        • Scott Wilson
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 507
          #3
          The pistol has been refinished.

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            • SPEEDGUNNER
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 729
              #4
              That was what I suspected. Thanks.
              "There's a race of men that don't fit in,
              A race that can't stay still;
              So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
              And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service

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                • Johnny P
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 6259
                  #5
                  Hard to tell from the lighting just what color it is. Doesn't appear to have been sandblasted, which would have happened in a military rebuild.

                  Try taking photo outside in bright shade.

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