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Buying for collecting or shooting? As I'm sure you are aware, heat treatment back in the day was... well, not very good compared to current knowledge and metallurgy, so do take care should you decide to shoot it. Hate to break something on the old timer.
Nice looking handgun. BTDT and it shows.
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I'd like to echo what Baba Louie just posted.
Zovek:
What you're looking at is a real 1911, a model of 1911, US Property marked and a historical piece
Little finish lefty obviously, but a wealth of service to country and private owner
original models of 1911 like this should not be used as shooters in many opinions, including mine. The breech face was often 'soft' on these pistols and by the 1930s Colt introduced a breech plug
That said, my own 1918 production model of 1911 was fired extensively and shows no peening. However I still caution against buying as a shooter
A wonderful historical piece however