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Suspect187
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looks great.
nfa said:
+1
Nice job on the 1944 Colt frame. How's the script on the other side of the slide?
But since you've 'restoed' it back to a USGI configuration you need to ditch the Norc grips and put back the GI plastic stock back on.
I sold this restoed USGI 1911A1 on the EE awhile back for ~ $750:
NAA.
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If the front strap has been modified it ruins most of the value for a collector. But as a shooter it is still well worth 600-700 Just my opinion.
If I would have known you were looking for a rear site I could have sent you an original Colt.
The gun still looks way better than it did before.
If I would have known you were looking for a rear site I could have sent you an original Colt.
The gun still looks way better than it did before.
+1....
Just to build on that, once it has been refinished it is no longer a 'collector' piece. Best described, when refinished, a USGI pistol is still a representation piece of the period, but somewhere between a collector and a shooter. That's how I see it anyway.
Pocketfisherman said:
+1 on that, too.
I'd much rather see a USGI 1911A1 restoed back to 'correct' configuration, albeit non-original, than look at it as an abomination that some one had 'done up' for target shooting, etc. Although, I do know that was done 'back in the day' when GI pistols were seemingly plentiful and cheap.
NAA.
NAA,
You bring up a good point. I always try to buy original examples, but there seems to be alot of GI 1911s floating around that have been abused or mixmastered. These are the one I end up buying most of the time now.
If it has no collector value because of no finish or mixmaster parts, I have no problem with refinishing them back to original spec.
I guess it is the same as the desporterizing that is going on for Enfields etc...
You bring up a good point. I always try to buy original examples, but there seems to be alot of GI 1911s floating around that have been abused or mixmastered. These are the one I end up buying most of the time now.
If it has no collector value because of no finish or mixmaster parts, I have no problem with refinishing them back to original spec.
I guess it is the same as the desporterizing that is going on for Enfields etc...
+1....
Just to build on that, once it has been refinished it is no longer a 'collector' piece. Best described, when refinished, a USGI pistol is still a representation piece of the period, but somewhere between a collector and a shooter. That's how I see it anyway.
+1 on that, too.
I'd much rather see a USGI 1911A1 restoed back to 'correct' configuration, albeit non-original, than look at it as an abomination that some one had 'done up' for target shooting, etc.
NAA.
