XE triggerguards

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XE triggerguards

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Regarding the finish on XE trigger guards, from my observations,early ones were blued then went to case colored in the late teens-early twenties.I have lately been seeing some twenties guns with blue. Was this customer choice or refinishing? I thought case coloring was standard procedure. Thanks, Bryan
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Re: XE triggerguards

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I would expect incorrectly refinished.
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Re: XE triggerguards

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I'm not sure I've ever seen a trigger guard for an XE that was case color hardened. I have seen a mix of forearm irons that are both case color hardened and/or blued in various grades, but not specifically sure about the XE versions.
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Re: XE triggerguards

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All the heads down XE's and DE's of the same period are blued. I believe the trigger guards were changed to CC when the frames were rebated and the engraving was modified to the heads up fox design.
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Re: XE triggerguards

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I once had about mint 200,xxx range XE 20 and guard was case colored. Bobby
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