Just to add another variation to the discussion, what about the parts cleanup guns? I have a NS that was made in 1933 from obsolete 1909 barrels and cylinders in .45 Colt that were still on the shelves at the Colt factory and the 1917 frames that Colt bought back from the US government after WWI. These were sold to Shapleigh Hardware and sold to the public from there.
