It is resigned to safe queen status. I have a few more 1911's that I do shoot.
As for the blued trigger/screws, this was pointed out by another member, in looking at the barrel, the chamber skirt, as can be seen, is nickled, but the end of the barrel is indeed blued.
I can find no marks on this gun to indicate it was ever taken down, not the first one, why anyone would change those things, especially go to the trouble of blueing the end of the barrel and then never shoot it, is beyond me. All this makes me wonder if this was some type of special order or something. I just don't know enough about Colt's to say, but this gives me a project, to research the history of the gun over the winter.
The LGS had just got it in trade not 10 minutes before I walked in, they don't do any work on guns, and frankly woudn't know how to change a trigger. I called today and they are going to ask the seller to call me so I can start tracing all this down. I think I'll call Colt's come Monday and start on that end as well.
I think it looks good set up like that though, the blue contrasts nicely with the satin nickle.
RD
NOTE:
After getting it back out and looking at it (I just picked this up Thursday evening) the barrel is solidly nickle plated, NOT blued at the end, the picture sure makes it look blued but must have been the lighting.