sorry chuck, but you have no way of knowing what you are talking about here, unless you worked with old ed in his shop when he was working on this particular gun....

what i do know is that over the past 12 years or so, i have sold several dozen guns of various manufacture, all of which had the receiver and other parts recolored by ed lander. i have yet to have a complaint nor a return. the fact is, i have received many compliments for the quality of his work and the price paid.

keep it simple and keep it safe...