Better late than never . . . The forend I have is finely finished on the outside, as one would expect, but is only semi-finished on the underside... no glossy finish. The wood is obviously sealed but not finished. Much like the wood on Bruce's example above.
I suspect the owner lost the original forend or somehow broke or damaged the wood and the gun was sent to Remington for a replacement. I don't have documented evidence of this but the forend is definitely Remington with cyanide colors (not gaudy but nicely done) along with Remington checkering and the date code is XG3
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