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Here it is...  imo those are indeed cyanide colors. Doesn't mean they aren't correct dependent on exactly when the gun was made. Do you have a date when it was made?
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According to serial number date of production would be 1909/10. Colors must be redone...Geo
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Poster said to "check out the colors on this BE AH Fox gun- OK, from the fotos of the forearm iron, where are the ejectors already? I can't find the trips on the forearm iron--Thanks! RWT (AH) F
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Not torched. Looks like cyanide.
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Fox went to cyanide in around 1918-19 I believe. Here is a good example of Fox bone charcoal case coloring from a 1913 gun. It has the "oil on water" effect of that process. 
Last edited by Gr8day; 07/21/15 10:29 PM.
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Yes, just a smudge of "Del Grecoish style" often referred to as enhanced case-color to make gun more desirable to bright eyed young laddie looking for fine American classic.
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Poster said to "check out the colors on this BE AH Fox gun- OK, from the fotos of the forearm iron, where are the ejectors already? I can't find the trips on the forearm iron--Thanks! RWT (AH) F Extractor gun it is.
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looks like cyanide to me.
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Thanks for all the input.
The odd thing is the wood: It looks untouched (except for the pad).
And that blueing looks pretty right, too.
Appreciate the help.
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I do not believe it was torched, but either a poor charcoal job or something else weird.
I have done some charcoal case hardening and I am guessing that the packing was too loose or some strange charcoal mixture
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