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Thank you for all of your comments and input. It looks like I have a good 1911 shooter to take to the range!

That was my original thought as well based upon the depth of the bluing that is on the gun and the lack of the Colt emblem but there aren't any circular marks or anything that I can see that points to it being buffed out, filed, polished, etc. The purple color in the 2nd photo is from WD40...

How can you tell that it has been refinished?

I just added some pics of the 1911.

I have what appears to be an authentic Colt 1911 pistol that has a serial # of C88975 which was manufactured in 1917 based upon the #. One thing leads me to question that it is a real Colt is that it is missing the rampant colt emblem on the slide. Did Colt make any 1911's without the emblem...