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Recase color a Flues or not. Safe or not. What do you all think?? And hunt with it with RST ammo. P.S. It is a 20ga.

You had to pick a Flusie for this question, didn't you. Some bad results can sometimes occur when a gun is re-cased. Frame warpage primarily, and the 20ga Flues model is known for (some of'em)having a frame likely to break.

I'd leave it gray or silver or whatever it is now, or just get it blued if you have to do something. Just my opinion, for what its worth...Geo

I have had two 20 gauge Flues guns color casehardened. In both cases I prepared them and Doug Turnbull did the hardening. I did have some minor movement on the first one that required hard fitting, the second didn't move at all. I have also straightened one out that Doug DIDN'T do, it was a mess but turned out fine in the end.

Warpage is almost a given with 20 gauge Flues guns due to being so thin. You have to go into it pretty much expecting that you will have to do some hard fitting in the end.

Best, Dan

I've had Ohio Color Casehardening do a 12g flues for me about 20 yrs ago. It came out fine. I prepped.