Dave Noreen: The frame and foreend latching mechanisims on myy Ithaca Flues 20 ga double (1924) ser# 37944 look to be blued. Now, this gun belonged to an uncle of kine who gave it to me in the late 60's early 70's when he decided to stop hunting and I had returned from Viet Nam and needed a shotgun. It's been in my famly for most of these years except for a period of time when it was in the posession of a close friend (who did nothing with it at all). While it's possible that my dad may have cold blued it, I really doub it as he would have said something to me. I can find no trace of any case colors on this double, none on the watertable, fore end latching assemblies, top lever and tang etc. Is it possible that this gun could have come from the factory with a blued receiver and no case colors? It's a mystery to me.
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