snapping turtle
Grandmaster
I have seen a few custom shops that either take factory non finished or made finished receivers and turn them into case colored items. Here would be an example.
https://hendershots.net/product/marlin-39a-fancy-custom-shop-22-long-rifle/
How are they producing such items and would it be possible to do to say an older finished reciever and then use a case coloring process. I had always thought that the case color comes as a product of both the heat treating of the a combination of metals/chemicals (charcoal and bone) to bring out case colors. Are they making new receivers and case coloring those. I do take it that the above model 39 marlin would be out of copy rights
Then if a firearm already has case color but it is muted or maybe was not that strong in the beginning (like one of the Oder single shot rifles and shotguns ) is there a way to make the say pop again.
And this an AR-15 with a case hardened reciever would have to be made with steel. I think I saw a turnbull on once.
This would not be a restoration project more of an refinish of items to give them a higher appeal to the eye. And older gun that has seen it fair share of a work life.
https://hendershots.net/product/marlin-39a-fancy-custom-shop-22-long-rifle/
How are they producing such items and would it be possible to do to say an older finished reciever and then use a case coloring process. I had always thought that the case color comes as a product of both the heat treating of the a combination of metals/chemicals (charcoal and bone) to bring out case colors. Are they making new receivers and case coloring those. I do take it that the above model 39 marlin would be out of copy rights
Then if a firearm already has case color but it is muted or maybe was not that strong in the beginning (like one of the Oder single shot rifles and shotguns ) is there a way to make the say pop again.
And this an AR-15 with a case hardened reciever would have to be made with steel. I think I saw a turnbull on once.
This would not be a restoration project more of an refinish of items to give them a higher appeal to the eye. And older gun that has seen it fair share of a work life.