Slideshow: Buttstock and breech area of the Colt.
I already have suspicions that everything may not be original on this, unless Colt was making hard black rubber butt plates
back in the late 1800's
Compare the pistol grip area that I haven't touched yet...looks basically black...the whole butt stock was black like that.
Using simple green solution and light rubbing with a plastic kitchen sink pad, the true grain and figure is coming to life
on the buttstock...still have a long way to go