Very nice Shawn...great work,..... The Marlin 1894 bolt was much blacker I believe, probably the light as you mentioned.....
Here are a few that I rebuilt. I try and keep the blues a softer blue/black as did the factories, remembering that these guns were mass produced firearms.
The Remington .22 pictured was trashed and needed a complete refinish. Rust blued the barrel/mag tube and hot blued the action. 1911 manufactured Remington model 12 with a full crescent butt plate.
The LC with a case colored forend iron is an ejector 12 bore. 1926.
The last LC Smith is a 16 ga. field grade. Extractor. 1931
1892 Marlin .32 CF...following post.
Here are some pics, CCH temps close to yours as you posted, except the drop before quench, I don't drop the temperature..... Rust blue and wood re-finish as well.
12 ga.
16 ga.
16 ga.
Best,
