THIS is blue....

[coach482]

Cool, thanks.

 

[SAR 6114]

Not sure....I think they were rust blued back in the day, but with different chemicals...stuff our illustrious EPA says we can't use now. But I will look into it a little deeper...

don't forget browning as well........

 

[geezer]

Maybe that's it...browning....

 

[Bagman]

Late to the party, as always . . . . . but . . . .

This is Color Case Hardening . . . . . slide is blued over color case / case color hardened frame.

Nitre Blued small parts on a blued gun . . . .

And then, what is marketed as Carbona Blue, Carbona Black, or sometimes Carbonia . . . .

Carbona Blue/Black finish by Turnbull . . . .

Damn those 1911's are nice!!!!

 

[lostchild]

Maybe that's it...browning....

As opposed to brown-nosing, an entirely different thread...

 

[BobcatMan]

didnt see any mention of melonite , isn't that whats on the new glock slides that replaced the tennifer ?

 

[SchmittZoid]

I have 2 1890ish shotguns from my grandfather, they have a brown finish that I do think is rusted through the blueing. They are both very slick with no pitting visible. Is that something different or just age?

You are correct. That brown finish has an official name. Cain't remember it right now, but will look it up.

 

[geezer]

Melonite, Tennifer, Nickel Boron...all are newer coatings/processes. Ceracoat, duracoat...This post was made to let people know a painted black gun is NOT blued...That is all.

 

[EMC45]

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