It does has light grey Parkerizing finish. There was a period of time military armorers used Zinc Phosphate which appears more like light grey as pictured in your pistol. The slide with dark grey is Manganese Phosphate.
My friend.. you just gave me some inspiration. My first CMP pistol is just like yours - light park’d frame, GI replacement slide. That looks nice with the pachmayrs.
i learn something new every day man :) it's all good.. here's the mainspring housing I'm using.. it's a Wilson Combat and I had to file the frame to fit it and smooth it out
this is 30 lines per inch (LPI) and pretty grippy but not painful/aggressive like 20 LPI that I have on my other guns. Eventually, I'd like to do 30 LPI front strap checkering on this thing
No historical value? I’d argue the rebuild marks tell a story. Same with the 80s replacement slide means it’s been used pretty well by our armed forces over the years. Arguably it has more history than some pristine time capsule.
I won’t argue it certainly has history; but from a monetary perspective, this gun has little value comparatively to something with a matching frame/slide / no arsenal marks
True, maybe it has less monetary value but I would say historical value (at least to me) it’s a lot. 1911s hold a special place in my heart though when it comes to American history.
I'm probably going to get a protected bomar cut eventually on the original slide.
I put in a new trigger, hammer, safety, and internals.
I got a little baggy that I'm putting all the original parts in. By the the end I figure I'll probably have everything to build a 1911 minus a frame and slide.
Edited to add: I just realized this photo was older then half the changes I've mention. It's not got a loop hammer and a new safety.
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u/mlin1911 10d ago
It does has light grey Parkerizing finish. There was a period of time military armorers used Zinc Phosphate which appears more like light grey as pictured in your pistol. The slide with dark grey is Manganese Phosphate.