As stated for the 1911 gallery, a very large percentage of the 1911A1's shown below have had a major amount, if not most, of the lettering and proofmarks recut. Some were overbuffed or heavily pitted, and in the process of recontouring and polishing, the lettering generally suffers. In a great many cases, the 'UNITED STATES PROPERTY' marking had been removed by gouging it out with a Dremel tool. Slide serrations are virtually always re-cut, as is the checkering on the left mag release and front of the recoil plug. Lightly-struck prookmarks, like the circled inspector marks, are almost always re-cut before bluing, then 'gone over' again after bluing to give the look of being stamped after finishing. The same applies to serial numbers where appropriate.

	An early (1924) Colt 1911A1 transition model with brush-blue finish.
Colt 1924 Transition
	A 1929Colt .38 Super with fine brush-blue finish.
Colt 1929 .38 Super
	A 1932 Colt Commercial 1911 with a fine-polish finish. Note the difference between this 30's Commercial and the early WWI-era 1911 Commercial.
Colt 1932 Commercial
	A Pair of Remington Rand pistols from 1943 and 1944. Note that I add a tint to the Parkerizing that turns the natural dark-grey color to a slightly greenish-grey, typical of so many original-finish A1's.
Remington Rand mid-war
	A 1943 Remington Rand.
Remington Rand mid 1943
	Union Switch and Signal A1's were blued over a sand-blasted surface.
Union Switch and Signal