bannockburn
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Buckeye87
A vintage, family heirloom, Colt 1911 still in decent shape with ivory grips...
Refinish it?
Never!
Instead I would replace the ivory grips (for the time being), with a pair of Double Diamond grips, give the gun a thorough cleaning, and then I would have a nice wood display case built for it.
These are Double Diamond grips on a Colt Government:
A vintage, family heirloom, Colt 1911 still in decent shape with ivory grips...
Refinish it?
Never!
Instead I would replace the ivory grips (for the time being), with a pair of Double Diamond grips, give the gun a thorough cleaning, and then I would have a nice wood display case built for it.
These are Double Diamond grips on a Colt Government: