Now days, some folks complain because there's too much writing stamped on the reproduction guns. The stamped lettering makes it look less authentic and the manufacturer was trying to produce a more realistic Colt clone. Many historical reenactors feel that the less stamping there is the better.
In a way it's similar to how there's often not any specific history attached to an authentic 19th century Colt gun, i.e. who carried it, where and what it went through after it was made, shipped and sold. Because the individual history of most old guns is lost it just becomes an old gun subject to one's imagination.
