Well, I was half right so far, sort of.
The early Heritage Series( various models 10's, 24's 15's),made circa 2000, not the Classic guns WERE case colored. They were done by Turnbull, but the runs were cut short as they had warped sideplate issues. I'm in the process of asking about the Classics made with the IL, in the private section for SWCA members. THOSE are likely faux case color,more to come on that.
The 10 below is the real deal, they made 80 or so of these in this run, some marked 10-9, some 10-7. There were some made in round butt also, the only one I ever saw was SmithNut's gun....but he has everything ever made
So to answer your question Bob, there were guns made with case color, they were the Heritage Series. I thought they were also named Classics. That's what happens when you lend your SCSW out.
