Case color restoration?

[Setter Man]

Once Parker/Fox/Smith/LeFever ceased production and before Turnbull and Gaddy, were there places where one could have the case coloring redone? Wondering when restoring old guns correctly started to become a thing.

JDG

[Robert Brooks]

Pachmayr was one. Bobby

[Bill Murphy]

Frank Lefever and Sons. Not sure of their methods.

[Garth Gustafson]

DelGrego

[B. Dudley]

Delgrego did not do their own colors. They used Remington. To my knowledge.

[edgarspencer]

I was lead to believe Delgrego used a commercial heat treat shop.

[B. Dudley]

That may be the case, but i am sure they were not doing it in house.

[Setter Man]

Keep in mind I’m asking about the initial period after Fox, Parker, LCS, and LeFever shut their doors and before restoring American doubles became a thing.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

Keep in mind I’m asking about the initial period after Fox, Parker, LCS, and LeFever shut their doors and before restoring American doubles became a thing.

So for the most part, that would have been the period immediately post-WWII





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[B. Dudley]

And both Delgrego and Lefever had their roots direct from those operations.

Larry Sr. Worked at Remington on Parkers and Frank Lefever worked for Lefever, Hunter Arms and Remington.