Richard,
I think you may know my disdain for defarbed guns, but if done correctly with stamped indicators on the barrel under the load lever so as no one will confuse it with an original, I am good to go with that, but it's not my gun. I am guilty of Pietta 1851 Navy "type" guns parts changing to create guns that Pietta never marketed, which will confuse future owners as to their original "pedigree" if they look into it, but they all have the billboards and proofs so as not to confuse with an original.
I am looking forward to your new project. As you have much experience with nitre bluing, I am going to refer a gentleman on another forum to a thread about your Uberti L&R, if you don't mind. He is a bit of a noob, so please be gentle if he responds to you.
Kudos, Richard.
Regards,
Jim