Every C grade 700 I've seen, or drooled over in the catalogs had the rosewood grip & forend cap. Thinking checkering changed a bit over the years like it did with the other 700's, but the C was always hand cut.
A lot of earlier 700 Safaris got some of the C grade treatment, but not sure if they were labeled as such.
While we're the C subject. I've been looking for quite sometime for a Skeet C 1100 in 12ga.
