2-piper: i cannot define low heat specifically. in general, i can define low heat as not hot enough to change the original factory heat treating and case hardening of the receiver; and of course, to do no harm to the safety and durability of the receiver.
regarding the parker pictures and venomous comments posted by battle, the goal of this case coloring effort was to attempt reproduce, as close as possible, the parker gh case colors as produced by the parker factory in the late 19th century. whether or not the effort was successful is difficult to determine, as there are so few parkers of that vintage that have enough bright case colors left to make an intelligent comparison. one did pass through my hands years ago, that one had about 50% original case color left, mostly on the top tang, lever and in hidden areas. doing a comparison from memory, this one is pretty close; bright with golds, blues. however, i do not recall any reds.
do you have an opinion as to the origin of the case colors on the shotgun referenced in the beginning of this thread?
Last edited by ed good; 08/16/11 09:03 AM.
