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"The serial numbers had all been removed, grinding is not a new engraving style. I am sure the numbers have been gone for fifty-sixty years. But I refuse to even think about buying a pistol with that type of custom work these days."
It very likely that the serial number could have been retrieved easily. Most people don't know that the serial number on Government 1911's is also stamped under the firing pin retainer at the back of the slide. Most people erasing the serial number wouldn't even know it's there.
Jim
