Hello All,
SO I was hoping that you could educate me a little on my USGI 1911. I took the best pictures that I could showing the markings and conditions.
I believe it is a 1943 year production and is stamped US property. It still fires and feels good. This has been in my family since WWII and my father who had it before me kept it dry in a regular locker, locked up.
It shows some very beginning stages of very light rust in a couple of spots and I was wondering if there is anyway to remove the rust without affecting the finish of the firearm at all. Dabting on seeing if someone like Greg Derr can remove the rust without taking any of the finish with it...
I have not cleaned it up or taken it apart to see what markings are located on the inside, that is my next step but I wanted to also see if there are any do's and don'ts when it comes to cleaning this.
Does everything look correct from the pics? Someone was telling me that the grips don't look correct and possibly the hammer and trigger. What are these valued around normally?
The serial is 1,14X,XXX.
My next step is opening it up and looking for marking behind the firing pin stop and on the barrel and top of the frame.
If you could point me towards somewhere to learn more about my 1911 or know yourself then all information is appreciated.
Thanks,
BE4TNUT
SO I was hoping that you could educate me a little on my USGI 1911. I took the best pictures that I could showing the markings and conditions.
I believe it is a 1943 year production and is stamped US property. It still fires and feels good. This has been in my family since WWII and my father who had it before me kept it dry in a regular locker, locked up.
It shows some very beginning stages of very light rust in a couple of spots and I was wondering if there is anyway to remove the rust without affecting the finish of the firearm at all. Dabting on seeing if someone like Greg Derr can remove the rust without taking any of the finish with it...
I have not cleaned it up or taken it apart to see what markings are located on the inside, that is my next step but I wanted to also see if there are any do's and don'ts when it comes to cleaning this.
Does everything look correct from the pics? Someone was telling me that the grips don't look correct and possibly the hammer and trigger. What are these valued around normally?
The serial is 1,14X,XXX.
My next step is opening it up and looking for marking behind the firing pin stop and on the barrel and top of the frame.
If you could point me towards somewhere to learn more about my 1911 or know yourself then all information is appreciated.
Thanks,
BE4TNUT
Last edited: