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No reblue?
Ejector rod in the white. On M1917
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I believe the bevel was left in the white following the final fitting... 
...Ben
...Ben
The blueing was removed in that area to keep it from getting dinged up by the plunger every time the cylinder was closed.
The bevel left in the white is correct. If the bevel is blued, good sign the gun is refinished.
Of course it is possible to re-blue the gun and leave the bevel in the white. I have a gun that has definitely been re-blued and the bevel is in the white.
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The ejector rod is blue. I believe that the knob had a beveled section that was polished after factory blue to ran smoothly across the lug pin on closing. It is easy to remove the bevel section bluing on any re-blued gun if one knows what the originals looked like. Not always a good indicator of original finish. Early K frames had a screw-on knob that remained in a case hardened finish, so no blue on the entire knob.
When the gun was finally assembled when new, the extractor rod knob tip had the final fitting for length after the gun was blued. That removed the blue on the tip and the factory left it that way.
The exception was the 44 triple lock because the yoke latch was the middle lock in the frame, not in the barrel lug lock.
The exception was the 44 triple lock because the yoke latch was the middle lock in the frame, not in the barrel lug lock.
