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In your photo, the barrel does not appear to be blued. It looks Parkerized. Can you show a better photograph of the barrel and its markings? Thanks.

With all due respect, it may look good to you, but it doesn't look original...and that's because it isn't. Most properly restored pistols (vs. poorly refinished) I see for sale sell for about 20-30%...

Yes, it does.

This is a commercial Government Model from 1914. If you look closely and compare the two finishes, you can see the Government Model's surface is polished to a higher luster before finish was applied....

The finish on a M1911 made in 1914 was not the same as the bright commercial finish on the Government Model at the same time. It was referred to as a "dull" or "fine" finish....

MSH is Remington Rand.

No hit. Nada.

132445 is shown in SRS as a RECEIVER ONLY with a date of "16" (1916) only. It was one of the FRAMES ONLY receivers shipped to the military as spare parts. Should not have any final inspection. Was...

And this is a Novak cut...
http://imgur.com/a/815pt

There were some postwar grips made that way, but more and better pictures would be required to offer even a guess as to what you have.

Sounds like we're on the same page here.

dokcop, good luck.

I'm not sure If I wasn't clear about conflicting wear patterns, or if it just wasn't understood.

Wear patterns are created when the pistol is fired. An 85-90% barrel has been used enough to form...

Obviously, it's your gun and you can do what you want. But I'd never replace the barrel you describe. Barrels, slides and frames for specific wear patterns, Replacing the barrel will only create...

For a mismatched CYQ, that sounds pretty high to me. A mismatch on such a common WWII pistol normally knocks the wind out of the sails to the tune of 33-50% of the value. It sounds like the holster...

Even though it's authentic, some people will question its originality. All you can do is tell them the mark just didn't get applied.

I assume there is no boxed C on the right lug? If so, probably just missed getting the roll mark. I've got a couple Colt barrels that missed markings, too. One is 7 only.

Years ago, I used to carry cocked and locked...and never really thought anything about it. Then, I switched over to carrying a Sig Sauer P220. This was years before there were any small DA .45 acp...

Thanks. I appreciate that. I hadn't considered the fiscal year thing.

I believe 125567-127130 is reported as being procured between July 1 and December 31, 1916 on page 392 in Clawson's big book. He shows only 848 pistols produced in the 1917 procurement report...

I think condition has more to do with price than whether or not it is unfired or "unfired". As stated, I think most collectors realize they were all fired at the factory. But what seems to set this...

There were parts kits issued at that time (1937), and a slide was part of those kits. Several of these slides have surfaced over the years, and a few are believed to have used to "correct" pistols...

The only sure thing about values, or what a particular item sells for, is that the price is determined between a buyer and seller at the point of sale. Sales prices rarely reflect actual "value" to...

I show about 5 or 6 original guns with no final inspection mark on my web site. Whether or not the gun has a final inspection has nothing to do with its originality. When a Colt pistol is original,...

D.C., I'll see you soon enough.

If you look in the Clawson Collector's Guide 3rd Edition, you will see in the Acknowledgements, a collector credited with discovering the Ithaca records and providing them to Mr. Clawson. That...