Marc, when I sent away a near-mint Fox SW immersed for six months in six fathoms of salt water to one of the best gunsmiths in Canada, he asked of my wishes concerning case-coloring. I said the restoration disqualified it as original, to blue the receiver as beautifully as barrels and hardware. He said that's what he would do. The lovely double was always a shooter to me. Its history now makes it more valuable than a collector's piece and I've willed it to my nephew who was with me when we capsized.
