Quote Originally Posted by rcathey View Post
In picture number three there's a portion of the frame just in front of the slide release with a different finish appearance than the rest of the frame....that's where it should say "UNITED STATES PROPERTY"

That marking being scrubbed off is not uncommon among these, ahem, liberated 1911s.
AHhhh, I see it now.. thank you for that. I've been reading a lot on this and it seems as you are correct that its common to find the "UNITED STATES PROPERTY" and that doesn't necessarily mean that it was liberated. Although I would agree why bother if there were no reason to remove it.

Makes me wonders, how much does scrubbing the "UNITED STATES PROPERTY" off devalue the handgun? I don't even know what the value of these are in the first place the prices are all over the place. I hate it want people say make me an offer.. I feel like saying okay $50.00