Springfield Armory M1911

[usmc69]

Alright gentlemen, what do you think? Pass or play??
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=293950607

[Johnny P]

A sack of parts, but in FANTASTIC condition. The receiver has been sandblasted heavily, and the slide has been sanded so many times the serrations are flat (but according to the seller it was done professionally). I don't see a small part I could positively identify as Springfield.

That one fits into the "Coyote Ugly" category.

[jeremy69]

For $2500 I'd run away, not walk.

[Johnny P]

Someone believing all the hype will end up buying it, then ask what they have bought.

[usmc69]

Went and looked at the piece today. Has not been sandblasted. Frame is parked and the slide is a polished blue. All parts appear to be U.S. military, except maybe the mag release that looks commerical to me. Looks to me like a rebuild. Pictures are not telling the proper story. No, I won't be buying it.

[Johnny P]

I certainly didn't see the pistol, but from his pictures it sure appears sandblasted. I don't know how he got the sandblasted look, but he did.

[Scott Gahimer]

I agree, definitely been sandblasted and refinished with phosphate.

[Johnny P]

And in the end, whether it was sandblasted or not, it makes no difference in the value.

[Gus Fisher]

You can also get that kind of surface texture on the frame by leaving it in Brick Cleaning Acid too long. At the RTE Ship, I experimented with some junk .45, M1 and M14 parts and left them in acid for different lengths of time to see what the surface texture was like afterwards.

[Johnny P]

Muratic acid, which is used for cleaning bricks and concrete, will only remove rust and corrosion if not left on too long before it is neutralized. On the edge of the receiver under the USP you can see where the sharp sandblasting media impacted the edge.