A letter will help a lot here. If the checkered panels were factory work, it would have been noted on the order. In my research for an article I am writing, I came across a DH grade gun that was factory checkered on the action panels and the record books do state this.
In this case the checkering was finer than the wrist was.
But no, the DH was not offered standard with checkered panels. So if you see them, they would be special order or added later. A lot of times, the quality of the work can weed out the later additions pretty quickly.
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