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IMHO, the more you shoot and the more you learn, the more you realize how unsatisfied you are with most guns as they come from the factory.

Wrong. Cyanide is very distinct. It's easy when you know what to look for. Wrong again. Turnbull's colors are distinct and not the same as Colt or Winchester. No, the Italians are not case hardening their frames. Hell, they were cast until a few years ago. That chemical bath in the video was...

That's a chemically coloring process. Not case hardening. There's no way you could do true color case hardening on a $300 gun. The agent and process used absolutely affects the colors and patterns. I know just by looking at the above picture that cyanide was used.

I would ask for a citation. It has always been my understanding that they are not case hardened, only colored through a chemical process. Cyanide has a very distinct appearance and the Italian replica revolvers have never looked like that.

The replicas are not case hardened and the colors are only done for cosmetic reasons. Of course, it hasn't really been necessary for 100yrs but we must like it. ;)

I've done a handful of flaps and half flaps.

Civilians used mostly California pattern holsters.

It's a web pic, hence the Guns International watermark.

I don't know how you would've gotten that impression. To be clear, cyanide is only used for color case hardening. Bone charcoal is used for both case hardening, and merely case coloring. What Turnbull does with Rugers and probably the majority of his other work, is only coloring. Cyanide...

Thank you Captain Obvious.

Some people only pick through posts to find something to argue with. Even if it's only to make an irrelevant point. So William Mason designed the SAA in 1872 because 110yrs later John Linebaugh was going to build .475's on Rugers??? Hate to break it to you but Sam Colt had been dead for 10yrs...

Let's not forget that Colt has lived and died by the gov't contract for its entire existence. Then why does the subject of strength ever come up in conversations about Colt and Remington blackpowder replica guns??? Did you actually read my entire post? Miss this part? "It's only until we get...

Cyanide is used for actual color case hardening, because it is very high in carbon. Looks totally different from Turnbull, Colt or Uberti colors. Uberti's case colors are attained through a chemically applied process. Yes, Colt colors are bone charcoal. However, Uberti's case colors are so...

The Army asked for a solid frame and a .45 caliber centerfire cartridge. THAT is why William Mason designed the SAA with a solid frame, chambered in the brand new .45Colt cartridge. Let's see, percussion revolvers hover around the 10,000psi range. They also operated just fine with metallic...

No difference. The Dixie name ain't there for advertising. They're the importer.

Yeah, dang those dealerships that skip the baling wire and duct tape courses. I said mechanic, not dealership. Do dealerships rebuild engines or just replace them? Today's auto techs have a lot more complicated crap to worry about than piston rings and valve guides. The point still stands.

So you ignore your mechanic's advice on vehicle maintenance, just because you pay him to do it? On the flipside, the folks unwilling to have the work done and have zero experience in doing so are always the loudest naysayers.

And what stops the barrel's rearward movement? It 'should' be the arbor against the hole in the barrel. When it's short, the forcing cone bears against the cylinder. The wedge should only be holding it in place.

I look at it like this. Virtually any consumer product had shortcuts made in its manufacture. Sure, the item functions but unless it's hand built from the beginning, ANY firearm benefits from some level of tuning or other form of improvement. Even a brand new $2500 Colt probably needs an action...