Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
Almost without doubt the metal has been re-finished. The receiver shows pits and they are blue to the bottom. The barrel seems to have been polished as there's no machine marks present and the trigger is purple indicating too weak or too cold when bluing. The high nickel content in some steel will do that if the bath is too weak...yes, it's been re-blued.
Who would do that? The importer, the country who had it, or back here after import? Great info on the coloration.