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This is an origional Colt 1911 given to me by my grandmother. The story is that it was carried during WWI by a friend of my grandpa's.
I put in a new GI barrel and bushing and fired about 200 rounds through it flawlessly.
The only thing I didn't like was that the finish was completely gone and the way my hands perspire, I figured that I should get it refinished.
I really like to look of parkerizing, but my local gunsmith recommended a black moly-type finish. He also talked me into getting new sights, a trigger job, and lowering and flaring of the ejection port.
I didn't realize till later that the gun will probably loose all of its value with these modifications. But since I am never going to sell it, I might as well enjoy it and a refinish job will certenly make it more usefull to me.
What do you think?
BTW what do you think this thing is worth? I won't be able to get the serial # off of it for 3 week while the smith is working on it.
Here she is:
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Here's another oldy that I inherited--Walther model 4:
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My main weapon of choice:
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[This message has been edited by finalreaction (edited 09-02-2001).]
I put in a new GI barrel and bushing and fired about 200 rounds through it flawlessly.
The only thing I didn't like was that the finish was completely gone and the way my hands perspire, I figured that I should get it refinished.
I really like to look of parkerizing, but my local gunsmith recommended a black moly-type finish. He also talked me into getting new sights, a trigger job, and lowering and flaring of the ejection port.
I didn't realize till later that the gun will probably loose all of its value with these modifications. But since I am never going to sell it, I might as well enjoy it and a refinish job will certenly make it more usefull to me.
What do you think?
BTW what do you think this thing is worth? I won't be able to get the serial # off of it for 3 week while the smith is working on it.
Here she is:
Here's another oldy that I inherited--Walther model 4:
My main weapon of choice:
[This message has been edited by finalreaction (edited 09-02-2001).]
