The larger blued parts were charcoal blue and there's no way to do that at home. The process is similar to color case hardening. Very shop shops offer it, Turnbull is one.
I gotta say, the " '51 Navy " in Stantheman86's photo he posted is the first I've seen with an upside down wedge necessitating a wedge screw below the wedge. Interesting . . .
Mike
OK, so i asked the owner of no. 27 about the upside down screw, he told me the only thing he ever found out about it was that it was an arsenal rebuild. Could be, the numbers on the bottom of the frame and barrel are in slightly different fonts. The gun in Stan's picture has a square trigger guard too. I wonder if the serial numbers match on that one?Mike, i believe thars an early gun, i believe the very early guns are like that. I know where no. 27 is, ill have to ask him to look at it. I'll get back to you on that
OK, so i asked the owner of no. 27 about the upside down screw, he told me the only thing he ever found out about it was that it was an arsenal rebuild. Could be, the numbers on the bottom of the frame and barrel are in slightly different fonts. The gun in Stan's picture has a square trigger guard too. I wonder if the serial numbers match on that one?
Steel parts from that era would have been rust blued. It is a very durable finish. It is not hard to do, it just takes time. Laurel Mountain is a good product, but there are lots of others. Just follow the directions on the bottle.What kind of finish would a Civil War era C&B revolver have had?
Any help on how to duplicate that finish would be appreciated as well.
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