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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
What are the comments on Del Grego refinished guns in minty condition? I am not asking about values, I am just asking about whether you like them and whether you would like to have one in your collection.
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I do not like them, and I have yet to see one I would like to have in my 'collection'. I have seen dozens over the years, on the walls of shops like the original Safari Outfitters, and have no recollection of having actually taken one down to fondle.
Pat Dugan's photos are perhaps the first 'Del Grego Gun' that I didn't dislike.
I have seen lots that had the firm's reworked, refinished, or replaced wood and did not form my opinion of the gun based on the wood, as it was usually good, or very good. There may have been a period where they had differing rust bluing techniques, but it has always come back to their case hardening practice that put me off. I guess if I'm being honest, I almost always equate cyanide hardening colors and DelGrego. It's very unfair of me to speak of the men, or their firm as I do, but I can't seem to disassociate the colors from the name. Does that make me a bad person?
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