Herb: Thanks for your reply. The blueing looks original in that all the corners as well as the lettering are "sharp". Does not appear to have been om a buffing wheel. The wear on the grip panel does not look like someone holding it as much as it having rubbed a aginst something hard. As far as the straw. I have no other guns with "straw" parts so I really don't know if it's faded or not. THe straw parts look uniform in color. I'll try a digital close up, I haven't been too lucky in that regard, back to the instruction book.
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