Originally Posted By: Michael Petrov
I have no idea why the finish is like it is.
This is another, typical Creedmoor Remington of the same period.


From George Maddis' THE WINCHESTER HANDBOOK, pp 70-71,

Regarding finishes of the 1885, "Receivers and buttplates were case hardened as the standard finish on serials to 90,000. This case hardening was of a gray color which gives the appearance of a flecked nickle finish."

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