Nice to have you back, Padre!
I recently worked on a Ithaca M1911A1 that laid forgotten in an attic for more than 10 or 15 years.
When it was rediscovery and bought by me, it was covered with a thick layer of dried grease. Unfortunately some parts, as the grip safety and mainspring housing suffered with piting. I managed to find the exact match for it at ebay and change that.
Although it has some scars from the unproper storage, still displays a good amount of the parkerized finished. At first I though about refinish it, but I gave up: c'mon I'm a collector and a gun is original only once. It is my first military 1911A1 and I'm happy as a clown.
Douglas.
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