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Antique Guns for the most part are pretty straight forward.

The guns that have been faked are Colt Walkers..there was a guy in the 50s who made copies not to fool but to recreat, that are now passed off as real.

Colt CalvarySingle Actions are faked or more often have had parts altered as repairs over the years

Engraved Colt Percussions or SAAs...many Italian guns are altered to fool.

1911 Colt Autos that have have been repaired with later parts, or restored and passed off as orginal.

1903 Springfield Marine Corp Sniper rifles..put togethers

Springfield 1903 Target guns...parts were sold by the DCM in the 30s so U could put together your own Target Rifle. SRS letter is highly desirable

Springfield Trapdoors in the Officers or Target variations. again put togehters.
Mauser WW2 Sniper Rifles. There is no way to tell a fake from orginal, except by years of experience with the things.

Again it just takes experience looking at the stuff. Doing your homework is highly recommended. Thats why I buy Books and more Books on anything I am interested in. I have been known to spend hundreds of $$ on a book so that I have that information.