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Colt did not rust blu
"Yes, they did."
Hey, you caught that one before I could stop and delete it.
I realized that I had no reference on very early Colts and dropped the comment.
Coolgunsite says they were doing the oven blue on first run 1911s.
"Colt 1 to 2400: Bright furnace blued, Slide and receiver highly polished. Certain small parts have a high polished bright Fire blued (Cobalt Color) appearance"
Clawson says those guns were blued in coal fired ovens and only in 1918 did they go over to gas fired.
Were .32s finished the same way as .45? Hard to see why not.
Maybe they rust blued before 1911.
Colt COULD do a high polish, their nickel guns are quite shiny.
Would they special order a high polish blue? I don't know, take an advanced collector to show one.
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I have two Model Ms, a Model N, and a M1911, all made in the early 20th century, all original finish, and none of them is rust blued. Neither was the '20s Army Special I used to have.
Springfield Armory rust-blued their M1911s.
FN rust blued their Browning pistols.