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Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-12-08 13:10:00)
by Scott Balboa
Hello everyone... Blued Steel, for those of you who do not know, it is the black "coating" you see common on firearms on the metallic parts, like the slide. I have a handgun I'd love to engrave (on the slide) and am hoping the laser can burn through the blued layer and expose the silvery steel underneath, cleanly of course. For obvious reasons I don't want to experiment on my firearm ...
Started 2 days, 12 hours ago (2009-12-09 13:58:00)
by Scott Balboa
Nice... thank you for the info and pics. The glock pic with the initials is as good as I hope to get, and I actually would prefer that look to a in-your-face silver engraving, since the rest of the gun has dark features. Thanks for all the advice...
Started 1 month ago (2009-11-07 11:13:00)
by dakota1911
Nice grips and nice GCT. Too bad Colt still does not put them on the GC. For years they put nice Walnut grips on their GCNMs. Below a 1977 on top and 1988 on the bottom. But by 1996, the last year of the GCNM, they were using the rubber wrap arounds. They are on the box and I put some fake AJAX ivories on the pistol. Somewhere in there they also stopped grooving the front of the ...
Started 1 month, 1 week ago (2009-11-02 03:57:00)
by FrostShell
I got this item off of Gunbroker and was disappointing to find rust on it. The seller said he diden't notice it when he took it out to take a snapshot of it, and I believe him as he has a sparkling seller history. However, I am still stuck with having to fix this. I think it's rust, but I really don't know any better. Take a look at the following pic, and any advice on what to do to clean ...
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-17 15:22:00)
by Skyyr
CLP, Wood, and Blued Steel I just got done cleaning my .30-30 after bringing it out today. It was slightly damp out (not raining), so I decided to clean it once-over with some CLP just to be on the safe side. Two questions... Most importantly, will the CLP hurt the wood stock any? I'm thinking the answer is "no" and I've assumed...
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-19 09:30:00)
by berettaprofessor
I'm not saying that I preferentially wipe gun oil on all the wood hardware every time I clean one....although it does make the polyurethane finish nice and shiny and it also makes the Garand stock look like a jewel Just saying that it doesn't seem to hurt any wood to get some on the edges of the stock or grips...the OP doesn't need to panic that something went wrong.....
Started 2 months ago (2009-10-06 04:54:00)
by Nukalpiaq
We have all heard the debates over walnut vs synthetic stocked rifle, blued steel vs stainless barreled actions and why one is better than the other, especially in adverse weather conditions like we have up here in Alaska. When it really comes down to it, what rifle do you prefer and use the most; a synthetic stocked stainless or a blued steel bedded into a walnut stock and why do you choose ...
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-10-20 10:12:00)
by weaverrick
Be careful of automotive waxes as many contain abrasives which over time can damage your finish. I recommend Renaissance wax (available from several sources) since it contains NO abrasives and does a great job of protecting finishes.
Started 3 days, 7 hours ago (2009-12-08 19:09:00)
by Dave Lock
Hi Scott, I have tried this on blued steel. It was actually on a blued air tube on an Air Arms PCP rifle. The guys are right, you can't get through the blueing to reveal the 'silver' but what I found is that it engraves leaving a subtle, almost like a shadow finish. Birchwood Casey (US Brand) has a couple of cold bluing soulutions which are very cheap. You could get some from your local gun...
Started 2 days, 11 hours ago (2009-12-09 15:08:00)
by awl168
Found an older post on this subject, but wanted to see if there was any change of opinion. The Nighthawk Custom blued mags look to have a metal follower. The stainless steel mag appear to have a nylon follower. Any advantage to either? Or is it merely a personal preference? I'm looking to get a Nighthawk T3 soon and wondered which mags to get since it appears that NHC offers a mag ...
