Purdey has gone to color-case hardening the toplevers, triggerguards, forend irons, etc, on their new sidelocks.

I'm not sure why they're doing this. To me, it looks just plain wrong.

This Purdey from the '70s shows how they used to do it:
http://www.gunsinternational.com/JAMES-PURDEY-SONS-BEST-SIDELOCK-SxS-12ga-.cfm?gun_id=100218576

This new trio of Purdeys shows how they're doing it now:
http://www.gunsinternational.com/J-Purdey-Sons-Best-Trio-Round-Actions-20-ga.cfm?gun_id=100211534

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