Here are some pictures of a minty pre war heavy duty.The trigger,hammer,And all the internal parts are in the white.What Happened?Did some yahoo polish them all?DSC_0001.jpg

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The small parts are OK like that. The hammer and trigger should of course show case hardening colors. Could be somebody didn't like the effect and flitzed the offending parts.

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David Wilson

David,Do you know anyone who used rgs restorations in Oshkosh Wiconsin.I was Looking at his photo gallery on the antique guns he restored and I was impressed.He does some fine case color work.He quoted me a price of 300.00 on the hd.

Wish I could help, but I'm just not informed about restorers and refinishers. I would think that you could satisfactorily case harden the hammer and trigger for less than $300.

"Flitzed" I meant, not flitted. I edited my previous post.

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David Wilson

David & LH

The hammer and trigger were sanded, to remove the case coloring. You can see the
light sanding-scratch marks on them. This is the standard way to remove the
case coloring.

$300 is an OK-to-slightly-high price. Somewhere between $250 and $300 is about
the going price.

Mike Priwer

The clean look is appealing to my eye, but I do prefer fine CH.

Really beautiful gun either way.

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You can't blame the guy. I've seen mint non refinished nickel guns with hammer and triggers that have been nickel finished. Still a beautiful gun!
Thanks for sharing,
Bill

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