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Originally Posted by CalebBungart
Yes, I call them all presentation cases. He said he is missing a couple cases, but has original boxes for all. The A1’s are stored in the cases original to them. He was concerned because a couple Colt pistols in the plastic have had the original protective coating turn hard and white and has faded the blue in a couple areas a little. Did nothing to the nickel guns. Thanks for the reply.
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I can't speak to the preservative used on hardware from the Colt factory however I have been fortunate to have wiped the cosmoline off of some legit NOS Parker Repro's. Caleb, I wouldn't be overly concerned about the factory preservative - cosmoline leaves a nice waxy coating that persists and it's easy to wipe clean. The boxes appear to be stored well.
Good luck going through them and also to your Uncle in the days ahead. Your Uncle has good foresight!