" Best idea would be to team up with Bill Murphy and Kevin McCormack and maybe others to make it a comprehensive colloquium on the subject"

Dean did you graduate from Have Ard?:rotf:

A couple months ago, I bought a VH from my brother-in-law. He was told that it was Del Grego refinished. It has a stamped mark on the right barrel flat (just to the right of the unstruck weight marks). It is about a 5/16" circle with an L overtop a D G inside of it. I never heard anyone mention this mark and was wondering if it is a mark which was used by the Del Grego shop at any point in time. As to the gun, all the metal prep is beautifully done. All screws perfect and timed properly, wood finish is very nicely done. Barrel blue is great, but it has the tiger striped case colors (very vivid).
I tend to stick with original guns, but when this one was offered, I jumped on it. A bit snazzy, maybe, but when the colors wear off, the metal condition will still be quite nice.

Duh... Nope:whistle:






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check out the B grade on collectors firearms item S6013. Del Grego restoration . Nothing matches the letter except the grade. Get a load of the mind blowing price. (they must be nuts).

Jon, Can you show a photo of the colors on your VH 12, please ? I don't think all Del Grego colors are done the same and your two show that.

Sure. The colors on the VH are more subdued than the Trojan. Hope you can see that in the pictures.

So are the colors on the VH 12, cyanide or not? They don't seem to have the striping, so often seen with cyanide colors. But not quite the same as bone case colors either.

You got me? Perhaps someone else can tell, although the pics aren't the greatest.

The VH 12 has cyanide process color case hardening.

Below is 1910 original bone charcoal. There is a subtle difference that matters to some.