I recently sent my 16 ga VH back to Lawrence D. to have him tighten the gun up and also time/regulate the floor plate screws.
The 16 came back tight as a bank vault (thank you Lawrence) and he timed/regulated the floor plate screws with ne hardened screws. However the screws have this brownish color. I called Lawrence about this and he said just rub them with an eraser, which I subsequently did, but they still have the same rust brown color and look out of place. I'm really not interested in calling Lawrence back about this so if any of you 'smiths' on this forum have an idea, I'm all EARS!
The gun is tight and the screws are regulated, it's just the color of the heads that sucks.