Something changes it. Roughly 6-years after purchase this was what my case colors looked like on that Estate BLE...

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Now, it wasn't protected in any way that I could tell (no protective coatings, and I wouldn't have expected that on an inexpensive gun) and I didn't expect the colors to not change (old guns look that way for a reason, right?).

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Significant change, eh? Now, you can see where I had been carrying the gun on the later picture but it wasn't just me using it that caused such a departure from it's original appearance. It's either a natural degrading of the finish over time or it's caused by environmental issues, or it's both. I certainly didn't abuse it, but neither did I baby it. I merely used it for it's intended purpose.

This happened pretty quickly too (6-years is nothing when you think about it) and I have always stored it nicely cleaned (well, wiped down with a light oil) and upright in my gun cabinet, well away from any real source of UV. Go figure?

Last edited by Lloyd3; 01/17/24 03:41 PM.