General comments, not particular to this gun:
The Color Case Company did lots of cyanide re-case jobs. I'm sure there are other shops. Cyanide process case hardening is a common industrial process.
Fred Wenig and Fajen's before him, turned out rough finished and machine inletted Parker stocks and forends by the hundreds, if not thousands, with downwardly fluted comb noses. They would turn out a completely checkered and finished stock for several hundred dollars for many years, Wenig work was higher cost. Their typical stock was of Iowa and Missouri black walnut stump wood.
Many, many people did barrel sleeve work, Lefever did hundreds.
Many bright cyanide case color jobs are not DelGrego work at all, but some people like to claim that a gun they are selling was redone by DelGrego because of a commonly considered good reputation.
Last edited by Bruce Day; 11-24-2009 at 09:41 AM..
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