Could be, Hawg. I have never seen anything but blued (other than hammers) but there is always something new to learn. I pity future collectors trying to sort out all the repros and sort-of repros (brass frame Navys in .44 caliber!!) on the market from the originals. I saw an "1851 Navy" a while back on another site; it was a Navy Arms repro with fake barrel markings. Not bad, but wrong font, not quite even, and wrong by some other checks as well. Not surprisingly, some of the folks thought it was good, and I got the usual beating about the ears, something I am immune to by now.
The owner had paid big bucks for his "near mint antique", so of course he informed me that he was an "expert" and that I was wrong. (I wasn't.)
Jim
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