My plan was to take the "bluing" off, file the "read owners manual before using" and "Stoeger" stamps out of the metal and use the Faux Case Coloring method that has been described on several threads here.
Just for information and it depends on the state I suppose. In Illinois that would be a Felony, wouldn't be worth losing your FFL over...
(720 ILCS 5/24-5)
Sec. 24-5. Defacing identification marks of firearms.
(a) Any person who shall knowingly or intentionally change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker
model, manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification of any firearm commits a Class 2 felony.
(b) Possession of any firearm upon which any such mark shall have been changed, altered, removed or obliter
ated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same
