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I have seen two Colt and 3 S&W 1917s that were marked as arsenal refinished. 3 of them were black/gray parkerized, but the other two were what appeared to be hot blued and the aresenal stampings had white metal in the letter, showing that it was authentic and not a civilian refinish. Anyone know when the changed over to parkerizing from hot salt rebluing at the aresenals. Markings were SAA-San Antonio, AA-Augusta and N-?