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Old June 25, 2009, 02:05 PM   #8
Hawg
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Join Date: September 8, 2007
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All the Italians have proof marks on them. If this one has no proof marks then it might be time to start getting excited.
They're easily removed. That's the first thing anybody does when faking a gun.
I'm not up on Paterson's by any means but the ones I've seen pics of had the writing in script and they do say Colt's not Colt. However I'm sure I haven't seen pics of all the variants. What bothers me the most about it is the letters were stamped one at a time. Some are out of line and some are stamped deeper than others. If it was mine I think I'd find out if the screw threads matched original Paterson's. It's still a nice piece with an original look to it and you might just have the real deal.
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