Ginge
I like some of the work you've had done to your gun; but for whatever my opinion is worth (very little I'm sure), the finishes you have on the frame and barrels are not appropriate to the original article itself, and negatively impact its appearance. Hollenbeck frames were color case hardened, not silvered; and barrels were finished black and white, not copper brown. The frames on my Hollenbeck gun have "silvered" with age as the original case colors faded; but there is no record of a Hollenbeck having ever been finished in a silver format. As one who really appreciates your wanting to preserve this old Hollenbeck, I'll hold my tongue and not express my actual thoughts regarding barrel finishes; but those "copper toned" barrels are just plain awful, and I hope you consider having them redone by one of the gunsmiths on this forum.
