Actually, IF you had read what I posted, I noted it came on strong post WWII-I never said it wasn't used prior, and I noted that "usually" it was used on lower grade guns at that time. A 1946 vintage DARNE would have been among the first DARNE guns finished that way. That was my point.
As Miller noted, the bone pack produces a deeper case. "Just as well" your words, would seem to imply the two methods produce equal results, not the case at all.
If you've never seen a gun with flaked colors, you are simply ignorant, which can be corrected with some insight from someone with more experience. Check out this picture of a gun with flaked colors:
[img]http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=39559eHIOu&i=191587[/img]
[img]http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=39559eHIOu&i=191588[/img]
You need to get out more....
Best,
Ted
