1919 Colt Commercial

[BILLY T]

bought this very nice 1911 ser#C119328 at a local gun shop.i knew that it was not correct or is it?the slide,safety,msh and slide stop are correct as far as i can tell.the grip safety is of the 1911A1 type marked R in circle on one side and RA in circle on the other.mag is two tone with no loop.barrel has only a G on the bottom.on the bottom of the slide on the flat area under the firing pin it is marker Y2 together.here is the kicker,on the left side of trigger guard it is marked VP with 5 and on the other side an C.by what i have read this means that it was sent back to colt for rebuild.pistol retains about 80% of blue and marking are sharp and edges are unbroken.if it was reblued at colt they did a great job!any thoughts on the grip safety marks and pistol in general.also there is an S at the disconector hole.thanks,billy

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