I can't for the life of me see why some folks don't like Colour Case Hardening on a firearm it's been around for centuries on armour and weapons. Colour was a mere bi-product of the hardening proceedure Way back in time, steels were all of the mild steel version and had to be CC Hardened to have the strength to resist high pressures and also give a degree of surface protection to otherwise soft steel. Well done it can add beauty to a firearm.
Recently I advised an Internet friend on rebuilding an old Borchardt action with Factory DST's. This is the end result, it took a year or slightly more for the work to be done by a variety of selected craftsmen, to be honest it wasn't cheap, but boy oh boy was the end result worth it. The CCH was done by a well known Sharps Rifle manufacturer in Montana, not as some cheap as some other CCH companies but in my opinion worth every cent. Screws, trigger, safety catch, pins and setting trigger were nitre blued, the barrel slow rust blued using an original Zischang formulae. In my opinion the CCH really shows off this rifle to it's best. See:-
I hope you agree it looks good. Note the rear sight base is temporary and a more refined looking base will be machined and added.
Harry
