New Departure 1st Model - factory or refinished?

[Colorado68]

Hi folks,
What do you think, factory, dealer or later refinish? Chromed trigger and initials are intriguing to me.

 

[Boulder350]

It does not look like a factory refinish. I would say its a later refinish because of the heavy buffing. Nice looking revolver

 

[wlw-19958]

Hi There,

Cute revolver but it has definitely been re-finished. It was course
buffed (sometimes called a 'hunter' refinish) and then plated. There
is funneling around screw holes and the edges of the side plate show
beveling buffing.

Cheers!
Webb

 

[Colorado68]

Thank you for the replies. I suspected it was refinished, so I appreciate confirmation.

 

[mrcvs]

Yes, the extent of buffing to the sideplate and its poor fit tells me this is not factory or distributor work but a later refinish by a member of the general public.

 

[AC Man]

I just bought the exact same gun in 98% blued original condition looks unfired with factory box. It is a peanut of a gun, but how often does a 125 year old gun pop up in that condition.