Case hardening

[American4guns]

yep

I was going to mention that distortion could and probably would be a problem on the frame and slide as the gentleman mentioned.We used to color case harden in cyanide and use a time quench technique in brine.However on some of the recievers and parts that had heavey and thin material or sharp corners ,we ran into distortion problems.Even if the parts are packed you still run the risk of distortion.We had great sucess with older double barrel shotgun recievers ie: parker,fox etc

 

[dfaugh]

Your best option is to contact THE expert, Doug Turnbull.

Turnbull Restoration's are possibly the most knowledgeable people on color case hardening, and they'd be the one's to talk to.

+100 to that...He's only about 1/2 an hour away from me...My buddy has had numerous guns restored/refinished, and the work they do is nothing short of incredible....Tuesday we're taking him an 1898 L.C. Smith shotgun (A-1 grade, 739 made!) for an estimate on restoration. It belonged to another friends father, who recently passed away. Note that their work is not inexpensive, and they often have a LONG backlog of work...But if you want the best it's well worth it.

 

[joab]

Any of you Turnbull customers or fans have a ballpark idea of what it would cost to do a 1911 in the white
with a color case hardened frame and a royal blue slide