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Originally Posted by RKmesa
Chuck:
There is something to be said for the polish and the lighting, but all of my early .44 Mags have just a slight difference in the "color" or bluing, or more correctly a difference in the way light reflects from the barrel and cylinder than it reflects from the frame. This is rarely the case on my 357's. My thought, probably influenced strongly by what some expert said here on this forum, is that the hardened barrels and cylinders of the 44 Mags took the bluing just a bit differently than the less hardened frames, thus creating a very mild "pinto" effect when photographed in the right light.
Do you see the same in your early 44 Mags?
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Richard, the only one I have is a 5" example that has a different color tint on the side plate that is almost purple. I do believe though that there is something to the theory that the hardened frames, cylinders and barrels on the early 44 Magnums could and did take bluing differently at times. I'll have to dig around and see if I can find some more examples and if I do I'll post them in this thread.
Chuck