Got the Trojan Home...

[Wayne Johnson]

Really? That's interesting. Somewhere or other I got the impression the receiver should have been casehardened and the rest of the gun looked so good I figured it HAD to have been refinished.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Wayne Johnson

Really? That's interesting. Somewhere or other I got the impression the receiver should have been casehardened and the rest of the gun looked so good I figured it HAD to have been refinished.

The frame was case hardened and is. The colors are just worn off. The surface hardening is still there though.

It looks to me like your frame may not be silver from simple wear. Someone likely worked it over and polished the colors off.

I would suspect the barrels and surely the trigger guard have been reblued on your gun. And maybe the stock refinished or finish freshened up at one time.

[J. A. EARLY]

Nice gun. From Greentop?

[Wayne Johnson]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The frame was case hardened and is. The colors are just worn off. The surface hardening is still there though.

It looks to me like your frame may not be silver from simple wear. Someone likely worked it over and polished the colors off.

I would suspect the barrels and surely the trigger guard have been reblued on your gun. And maybe the stock refinished or finish freshened up at one time.

That's what I thought when I first saw the gun. It just looked "too good" and the seller did say he thought it had been refinished. It looked good to me, so I would be happy with it either way.

I'm not a real "shotgun guy." I normally use a shotgun for deer hunting with buckshot, and maybe doves a couple times a year, and have used the same Sears-Roebuck/Mossberg 500 for thirty-five years, so this is all new to me.