Magnum Wheel Man
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so I'm doing a Walker "build"... conversion to black powder cartridge, & was looking for a good used Walker to start with... since they seem to be kinda hard to buy right now, I bought a fully assembled, but unfinished, ( listed as a "kit gun" ) from Dixie Gun works, I thought it a good starting point for my project...
My machinist is concerned that the frame is very soft ( more so, than having it case colored would help ) so I think I'm looking for a shop to case harden the frame, hopefully with deeper hardness than typical color case hardening...
has anyone run into these "soft" frames before ??? do you know of a shop that can do a good "deep" case hardening job ??? my machinist has an oven, but it's electric, & he said the "paste" gives off corrosive gasses, so he doesn't want to do it in his electric oven...
thoughts on if this steel will take blueing after it gets a good case hardening ???
My machinist is concerned that the frame is very soft ( more so, than having it case colored would help ) so I think I'm looking for a shop to case harden the frame, hopefully with deeper hardness than typical color case hardening...
has anyone run into these "soft" frames before ??? do you know of a shop that can do a good "deep" case hardening job ??? my machinist has an oven, but it's electric, & he said the "paste" gives off corrosive gasses, so he doesn't want to do it in his electric oven...
thoughts on if this steel will take blueing after it gets a good case hardening ???