Twist "rough forged tubes" were MORE expensive than that those new fangled decarbonized and fluid steel, but less than pattern welded related to less complexity in fabrication
1897
And this was reflected by the turn-of-the-century gun prices
Both the Birmingham Proof House Trial and my study showed Twist to have just slightly less strength than crolle damascus, and both slightly less than decarbonized
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvqRzkg0wEjhAAcFWr8gFi7aPFRsSIJ_hahfDxmrNAU/edit Lloyd is correct that the vast majority of U.S. makers finished their Twist and Pattern Welded,
in all grades, in black & white, English tubes were browned, and lots of Ferlach and French tubes were black & white acid etched.
Of course none of us can know what a fresh from the factory Twist barrel looked like now after 120 years, but we can get a clue looking at the contract underneath the FE - courtesy of Carl Brandt
This is probably as close to original colors as we're going to see; "Washington"
Ithaca Lewis model with Chain Damascus
A refinished Flues No. 1