Can /k/ tell me if this thing was worth something before previous

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Another shot. Other side.

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>>33525387
Who would do that to a Colt 1911?

What did previous owner do?

Just have it re-blued, it'll be fine.

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Moar

What am I supposed to be looking at?

I know that's an original M1911. Just not what's wrong with it, because I really don't know or care all that much about 1911s.

>>33525387
Did they sand the finish off? Also fucked with the trigger and front site. They dumb.Still a nice pistol.

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My father traded someone something for this. He was told it was a WWII era military issued colt. Previous owner fancies himself a marksman and made several modifications

It's old school national match style modification, you bafoon. it's far from fucked, it's probably worked to be a nice piece. Look at the trigger and NM stamp.

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Front and rear sites are obvious mods. The weight of the trigger is scary light.

>>33525520
SN says it's from 1918

>>33525554
I'd be happy to own it. It might be worth less to a museum or collector but it probably shoots well.

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It fires maybe 2-3 rounds before it locks up.

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>>33525520
>>33525554
That is not okay.

>>33525606
The sites?

>>33525597
it probably shoots 100% as straight as you're not, OP. Go shoot it. And stop sucking dicks.

It does not function properly. It locks up after 2-3 rounds.

>>33525631
Yeah.

>>33525701
I think the gun looks pretty cool desu senpai.

>It locks up after 2-3 rounds.
That doesn't mean anything. Do all the controls function properly? Are any parts rattling around? Have you tried different mags? Hardball rounds? Checked extractor tension? Slowly cycled dummy rounds?

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>>33525387
It looks like a National Match model. The early ones were made from production model pistols. It's got an NM barrel and the typical sights. It doesn't appear to be a government rework (finish aside) because it doesn't have NM or SA stamps on the slide or frame. Does it have an NM marked barrel bushing?

>>33525387
Nice find. Keep it. Leave it as is and just make sure to keep it oiled.

>>33525843
neat, I never knew these things existed. Maybe OP's isn't actually a bubba'd abomination.

I just looked up the serial and as someone said earlier, this is possibly a WW1 era 1911? I don't plan on getting rid of it. It's more valuable to me as gift from my dad than a few hundred dollars. I was only curious as to /k/'s opinion on the condition.

I'm confused. Is this a national match 1911 or a WW1 government issue that has been modified to appear as one?

>>33526077
It's a US property M1911 (pre-M1911A1) modified into a National Match pistol.

>>33525843
It does have an nm barrel bushing.