What exactly do you mean by "BS"?
Certainly not to mean any ruminant-processed vegetative matter coming from you Hobie!
Just that I can't see that finish as normally faded by time and handling. Casehardening will certainly fade over time, but Colt factory bluing from the period of that gun's manufacture should last a long time unless it has been exposed to something that CAUSES it to degrade. The pitting under the ejection port and elsewhere looks like rusted metal has been removed to leave the pits.
That said, you have seen the gun and I have only seen the photos, so you certainly have a better idea of it's condition. At the least, it would be a good candidate for restoration. If I lucked into one like that for a good price, I'd parkerize it, replace the springs, stick it in an IWB holster and smile a lot.
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Hobie_,
2014-09-02, 10:02
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- Colt 1903 on Gunbroker - Jared, 2014-09-02, 21:02
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Catoosa,
2014-09-02, 21:39
- What exactly do you mean by "BS"? -
Hobie,
2014-09-03, 18:37
- What exactly do you mean by "BS"? -
Catoosa,
2014-09-03, 22:44
- Did NOT take it as a negative on me but as -
Hobie,
2014-09-04, 12:50
- I think that would be a neat little critter - Catoosa, 2014-09-04, 21:39
- Did NOT take it as a negative on me but as -
Hobie,
2014-09-04, 12:50
- What exactly do you mean by "BS"? -
Catoosa,
2014-09-03, 22:44
- What exactly do you mean by "BS"? -
Hobie,
2014-09-03, 18:37
- The photo seems to be off color to me, on my - Hobie, 2014-09-03, 18:44