Silvers, I believe most of the smaller parts were colored with "heat" either charcoal or niter or perhaps another method I'm not familiar with because it was more efficient and cost effective to do so ,...barrels were rust blued because they were soft soldered,....there was no other alternative
The other thing that stands out in all these older guns is that the bluing on guards and irons is usualy worn off long before the bluing on the bbls,... this along with the high luster they display, (especially some of the trigger guards) is to me good indication they were perhaps done a different way
CJ
Last edited by C. J. Opacak; 12/19/07 02:02 PM.
