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Originally Posted by scout II
That's some great looking patina. Folks pay lots of money for things to look like that these days.
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Had the LGS try to patina an M1911A1 one time. I asked them what kind of finish they called that. Their answer was "War Patinaed". I laughed at it and said no thanks. When it was still there several months later, I bought it for half what they were asking. Stripped the finish and parked it. Why did I buy it you ask? Well the slide had been fitted to the frame with absolutely zero play and same with the barrel (tightest I have seen in 55 years of handling M1911's), the barrel was marked NM and the bushing was marked NM. Shoots as well as my Series 70 GCNM.