As we all know, there are lots of 1911s and clones out there-from Norinco Chinese copies to pre WWI Colts. We've worked on enough of these to be able to duplicate almost all of the original finishes from Union Switch & Signals with the DuLite finish, Zinc Parkerizing with the green overtones, and the real high polish of an early Colt. If you have a collectable 1911/1911A1 that has been nickeled or screwed up, we can often bring it back to the original finish.
PARKERIZED - USGI 1911/1911A1s
If you have a gun in the following range, I can match the parkerizing or blueing.
Colt 734,000+- to end of war
Ithaca 900,000 and up
Remington Rand 995,000 and up
DU-LITE BLUING OVER FINE SAND BLASTING - USGI 1911/1911A1s
I can match these guns original finish, also.
Remington Rand 916,XXX to 995,000
Union Switch and Signal
Ithaca 856,XXX to 900,000
Here's a Union Switch & Signal that was stripped of the old incorrect finish (parkerizing), lightly sandblasted, then finished with Du-Lite hot salts. The trigger and barrel (HS) were conventional hot blued.
This was an interesting one. A WWII Norwegian 1911 with Nazi markings. Brought to me with a nice nickel plating, I researched it, and brought it back to the original black parkerized finish.
