Recently acquired BSA 1911 SHTLE III

[henry r]

if the fore end hasn't been sanded too far it could be a candidate for a fore end splice (and a few armourers style patches).

it is hard to tell if the belly has been sanded out too far, from the picture it looks bad but that might be the lighting.

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[bigduke6]

if the fore end hasn't been sanded too far it could be a candidate for a fore end splice (and a few armourers style patches).

it is hard to tell if the belly has been sanded out too far, from the picture it looks bad but that might be the lighting.

As Henry says, I'd go for a splice and a patch at the rear, the fore-end looks just like it was chopped, the area that looks like it was sanded is just the profile the light and shadow do make it look worse.

[Johnius]

Thank you for all of the information. The fore-end wasn't sanded at all. Even after someone took the saw to it; I can still see toothmarks in the wood. It's really poorly done, that's for certain. I'll look up what all a splice entails and see what I can do. What is a WTB?