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Wow. That is far more than your average rack grade rifle. You did the right thing taking it home for 1/2 price!

Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company filled a 10,000 unit order of Model 1911 pistol for the United States Military in 1924, after which military orders were not placed again until 1937. In...

Seems that patience was what the doctor ordered.

They replied 2 full days before the required time limit.

I once had a guy's wife contact me to say that her husband was broadsided on the way to the Post Office, and he was in traction in the hospital. I figured, there goes my $500.

Three months later,...

I bought a good conditioned Mauser P.38 which I would consider a $9-1,100 value. I gladly paid $1,250.

The son of the Veteran is a Catholic Priest and had no heirs to pass it down to. He...

You may find the information in the following recent link interesting.

https://www.1911forum.com/threads/5th-sfg-a-m1911a1s-with-m-b-or-m-p-inspection-stamps.1059876/#post-13845559

Not saying...

Look in the cut-off relief. The K is lightly struck, but it is there.

Not seeing the 'fat cannons' of the usual fake ordnance wheel.

If it is a fake, it is a good one.

What we can see looks like a correct Keystone C-Stock. Not sure why sub-inspector stamps are missing.

Here is a straight stock from Remington to compare left wrist cartouches.
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Can you get your money back?

First thing to do is to get good photos. The mosaic is about useless.

Take nice, detailed photos like the following. In direct sunlight, DuLite blue will have refractive hints of red and green. ...

May be a blessing in disguise. Look closely on each side of the cut-off. Does it look like disturbed metal/welding/refinishing to you? If it looks like a reclaimed drill rifle when in hand, just...

These trade regularly over $1,000. No overpayment here. Very nice gun.

I just sold a very nice OG-stamped Remington, with correctly marked and colored parts in100% condition with original packing grease since overhaul for $2,200. Buyer is happy.

The one pictured...

This seems like a most probable explanation.

The gun is real. The markings have been refreshed with a chisel after an extensive buffing.

Pictures at 90 deg angles and correct orientation would help.

But none the matter, nothing about your pistol markings look correct. No electropencil or pantograph was used, since none of the end...

That's hard to find in working condition., or any condition! Is Jewell the maker?

First pattern on right. Second pattern on left.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2023/08/L56YJHr-1.jpg

I most certainly asked for input, and I'm happy with the bounty of replies.

I knew it was 'different' before I posted, but it seems others have seen different ones much like it from the 1990s.

I am just so glad that I quit drinking in 2004, several years before I joined the internet. Otherwise, I might ask where the good stuff was sold! ;)

Much appreciated!

Yes, besides the "hammerless" feature, you will notice a conspicuous pin through the center of the slide, and grip safety. All changes were incorporated into the H & R SELF-LOADING CALIBER 32. The...

It's not often you find pre-WWI guns in such good shape.


This W&S M1908 looks to be produced shortly after the hammer was lengthened. Perhaps late 1911 or early 1912? This must be what they...

Indeed, this is a very nice one. Thanks for your experience and assistance.

Under the handguards, it looks like a greased barrel. There is a gasket-material shim under the middle band, Rear guard has "J.S. ^ 3" on the inside channel.
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If there are any particular areas you would like to see photographed, let me know in the next hour or two from this post time stamp when I will have time to take more pics. Thanks.

Thank you, Brian.

I looked at the import mark on the bottom of the buttsocket under magnification and could not make anything out to be legible. It honestly looks like a vise-grip mark or...