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June 26, 2013
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I thought by the 1920’s the levers and hammers were all blued and not case-colored. Could this be a made-up SRC deluxe?
Don
April 15, 2005
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Don,
At the time that Model 92 was made, the lever & hammer were blued… and that is what it appears to be on that SRC. I believe the seller is mistaking worn bluing with some patina for faded case color.
Bert
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June 26, 2013
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Bert,
If you look at photo #5 it looks like there are remnants of case-color on the lever where it mates up to the bottom of the receiver.
Don
December 1, 2012
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The hammer doesn’t appear to me to have any case color. What it does have is a lot of wear and the wear marks indicate that it is slightly canted, possibly due to a badly worn hammer screw and/or very slight misalignment of the hammer screw hole in the hammer itself.
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April 15, 2005
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Don,
I do not see it… don’t let your eyes play tricks on you.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
July 8, 2016
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There is something about the wood, especially the forearm wood that makes me a little concerned, but I am more skeptical than most. Peter
June 24, 2015
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I see case colors on the lever as well. And as a whole the patina on the lever appears to be that of a case colored part. The hammer looks correctly blued.
To solve the speculation here; Someone please ask the seller for a photo of the inside/underside of the lever near the locking bars with the action fully epened. This will reveal case colors on even the most worn gun.
Austin
July 7, 2011
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With regard to case color on lever and/or hammer. With the model 1894, the hammers and levers were both blue by 1915. Don’t know if the 1892 followed the same time frame but I suspect it would have. The change over from case color to blue on the 1894 is one of the things that I did look into for one of my spread sheets.
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