A little hint for those wondering about how to tell if a gun is unfired or just re-case colored over, or even torched by the fellow who gets on this forum.
Look for corrosion pits around the hammer nose holes in the standing breech. They can be re case colored over, but they will still show and then the case colors will be in the corrosion pits. A restorer can't grind those out, because it will leave an indentation and the barrels will then be off face. I suppose the only way would be to micro weld then file smooth then re -case color, and maybe some restorer will do that someday. That's the end of what I know.
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