[RJay]

There are several little indications of the frame being refinished, The pin holes on one side seem to be slightly dished and the hammer pivot pin seems to be standing too proud ( protruding too much as if too much metal had been removed ). As stated Colt would ( for a few dollars more ) fix up any thing you wanted, so I will never say never, I have gone through several Colt books and can nothing similar. BTW there is nothing in the law of the land saying it could not have been refinished prior to 1949, there were a lot of tinkerers back then also.