Is there are standard, or tradition, around what is blued and not, color cased and not, etc. for English boxlocks? I ask because I see some with blued top levers, but white top lever screws, trigger plates blued, and the action floor plates left white, and vice-versa. Additionally, when the trigger plate is blued, it's screw is not sometimes.
Color casing: would anyone have a good example of what factory new colors would have looked like on a typical mid-grade English boxlock? I'm not sure I'd like the look of one with new colors that looked more at home on a Parker, Fox, Elsie, etc.
I've got an $80 Charles Osborne BLNE basket case that I can't leave like it is, and wanted to get some guidance on the norms of English gun finishes.
Thanks.
