Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Day
Brad, for direct comparision, the first photo is an old 16ga lifter. The second is your re case colored one. The third is another original color lifter.
|
Thank you Bruce for the post. Great pictures. Our pictures seem to cause the straw/grey colors to look gold, they are not, it must be the non-natural light reflection. Your second pictures confirms the pattern markers that we were hoping to see. The color draw back around the bridle screws and the mainspring pin, combined with the lockplate edge drawback, seem to be consistant of all of the original lockplates that we have seen. The blue, purple, and straw colors are very close, just much fresher. The receivers show much more mottled patterns, strong colors, with less definition. This is due to the fact that the receivers and lockplates are made of different materials.