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.

The difference I see between photo two and three is the original is faded.

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.

Brad, the color tint with photos is problematical, and with Parker case colors, its all about minor color variations. So yes, nothing beats having the gun in hand.

I think you are very close, if not there. I still recall feeling the finish was a bit too thick on the Shachter hammerless specimens I inspected at the UP shoot. I don't know how it is too thick when you are dealing with microns, but that was my impression.

Added: Brad and I talked on the phone yesterday and he told me that the reason that the Shachter actions looked like they had thick coats of finish on them was because they did. Extra thick coats of lacquer had been applied over the case colors. Without that they would look thinner and more true to Parker finishes.

I agree with Bruce, they are nice colors but again the pattern and the colors are not Parker colors

Austin, we have noticed the same thing while experimenting with different cameras and lighting . Here is a picture with a little less glare.