Hey,
You can save a few bucks by hardening the screws that are in your gun. Using a propane torch, heat them red hot, drop in water. There ya go!!
What? They're ugly?!! Well polish them and fire blue them with the same propane torch.
If you (or somebody
) buggered them up already, you can dress the head down (chucked up in a drill and applied to some 320 sandpaper onna flat surface) slightly to clean them up some. Then polish them or sand in a straight motion with the slot to give them a brushed look.
Fire up the torch with a small flame and apply heat to the underside of the screw head with a back and forth motion (of course you're holding it with needle nose pliers). Watch the color change from straw to blue or what ever color you want. The colors change rather fast, that's why you go slow!!! When "your color " shows up, dunk it in water to keep it there. Now, do the other end to match.
When you're done, oil liberally (uuuuh, I cringe just typing that word!!!), I mean a lot!!
Mike
www.goonsgunworks.com
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PS if you mess up and miss your color, (it'll go past dark blue to light blue then to white steel), dunk it, sand it, try it again. With practice, you can make some good lookin screws!!