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As I was looking for a reasonable english twenty bore I came across this sad looking re-case job. Was this done with casinite and a set of artists paints?


Michael

I think it was probably brought to a higher than
optimum temperature. I have used 1400 F as the optimum and I'll bet the temp got away from them, or possibly it wasnt quenched timely.

I'm inclined to agree with Stallones, but I haven't personally done any color casehardening. Other heat treating I've done open to the atmosphere seemed to give the 'white' color if heated extremely high.

But, I'll defer to those that have actual color casehardening experience.

Michael,

I do not have an answer for you. However, let me share some photos of a gun I recently had redone.

Here is the receiver:


Now, here is the buttplate:


You would almost say the buttplate was not done by the same person. The fact is the entire gun was done together in one container. All parts were prepared the same. There is a certain about of skill and art in the process. However, there is also an element of chance.

Besides the schedule and the quench, there are other small steps that can affect the outcome.

Pete

I’m not sure what the problem is, I don’t see anything wrong at all.

Another picture taken with the light a bit different.
http://www.woodcockhill.com/Guns%20435.jpg

I dont know shinola from the other stuff,but
how about charcoal used up too many times?
or not the totally correct stuff?
just throwin it out there.

Too little bone charcoal content if you were looking for more color (magenta, yellow, green). Very fine wood charcoal with nominal amounts of bone can do this too. Also remember Digital images can easily shift in color content.

I agree w Michael....looks fine to me. I kinda like the greys and more subtle tones.
Steve

Don't you think, though, that the contrast is just too drastic? I mean, assuming the photo is a relatively accurate representation, you've got that gray-white changing into a sort of psychedelic blue swirl; the blue is quite concentrated, and there's not much in the way of gradual color modulation. HMHO.

Not the nicest looking colors that I have ever seen. But that gun is than nice enough to make up for them. Good wall thickness, shootable dimensions and choke that I like and shoot well. I would not let the colors stop me. Might consider removing them and leaving the action grey. We get too wrapped up in vivid colors sometimes and forget that all well hunted guns get dings, scratches and colors tend to fade over time.