Off Topic, but....

[ArtR 0]

...really goes to reinforce the "buy the gun, not the story" issue.

A nice looking gun, but probably has been re-parkerized....and with "no supporting provenance".  Just some "sellers word". Is it worth the $$? You can bet someone will part with their money!

[mmeridith 0]

Wow 

[flyer338 0]

Even the pitting has been parkerized. I think it has been refinished.

Edited October 3, 2021 by flyer338
typo

[camstuff 0]

I agree with flyer.  This one was up for sale a while back.  I was curious if it would sell so I followed it for a while.  I saw a 1911 in a local shop that claimed it was on a special ship during war time. They were asking 10k.   Don’t know if it sold.  

[eb in oregon 0]

Sounds like male bovine excrement to me. Word of mouth is not provenance and only idiots take word of mouth for facts, especially as that pistol was arsenal refinished.

[Orlando 0]

I cant see that anyone would fall for that one..............................

[Ed Johnson 0]

Agree on the re-parkerizing and probable re-finishing. I'd love to see the paperwork proving service on Iwo-Jima. In any case, I agree with EB above as to the summary. all told..