Stan posted,
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The cost to do cyanide, versus charcoal pack, case hardening must not be much different for a small gunshop today.


Stan, the process costs themselves wouldn't be much different, cyanide is cheap enough, but there are environmental and safety considerations that would add greatly to the expense.

Safe storage, personal protection equipment, poisoning recovery kit, proper signage, and treatment of contaminated waste waters are all statutory requirements in UK, and from what I saw of cyanide handling in the US would be the same there.

Hazarding a guess, I'd put the factory cost ratio of cyanide to charcoal at around 15: 1. How that translates into the final invoice is up to the individual gunsmith, but his operating costs will be much greater with CN.

Eug




Last edited by eugene molloy; 05/28/13 04:08 AM.
Thank you, very kind. Mine's a pint