bluing

I was hoping to see if anyone knew why, and how the frames on some older Armi San Paolo guns were finished so that they turned out a reddish, almost plum-maroon color. The reason? My New Model Army replica has a burr that never got removed, and needs a little cleaning up to give both the loading...

Hello, this is my first post as a new member, back in the 80's I bought a ss rugger redhauk from a gun smith in vallejo ca., the gun was brass colored, all the guns he was selling at the time had the same treatment (some were light and some were darker, but the color was always very uniform)...

I was just about to do cold bluing on my disassembled Ithaca Model 49S - 22LR Rifle. I was planning on using Birchwood Casey Cold Bluing. The instruction stated that the bluing chemical will not take to metal that isn't 100% steel. So I took a magnet to the barrel and it stuck, but when I tried...