Agree, they were indeed BL-4 equiv. Berettas. I still have one 20 bbl'd action in the white from when the remains of the venture was sold. The individual who bought all remaining unfinished Peterson stock was a relative, though mine was purchased direct from the party that brokered that deal. Most all of those guns went on to be finished out by assorted smiths around the country, and I have seen a very wide spectrum of quality on some of those guns. Beretta delivered the bbl'd actions to Pederson sans the trigger guard as previously mentioned and the forearm hardware & hangers as well, in some instances. All that I saw were packaged in the same white cardboard Beretta boxes exactly as a BL of the time period was being shipped in, but they were not stocked, nor finished. Perhaps this adds a bit more to the story and available information.
