Edward Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 I have an AyA No.3 20b that I am tarting up, but part of the action which is bluey and pretty colours is worn, is there any way to replenish it?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RemmySPS Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Not without paying an arm and a leg to have the action softened, polished and then re-colour-casehardened. This can lead to problems in itself as the action can warp when re-done. Best leave it and enjoy it for what it’s worth as a nice gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Not without paying an arm and a leg to have the action softened, polished and then re-colour-casehardened.This can lead to problems in itself as the action can warp when re-done. Best leave it and enjoy it for what it’s worth as a nice gun. Leave case hardening to the experts. Home done jobs are for te most part woeful. ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Right thanks, that sounds like a fair job. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 I think the gun will be colour hardend and not case hardend . Colour hardning i think ,is not as dramatic as case hardning and is done by heating certain oils with a flame . But i could be wrong . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RemmySPS Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Colour hardening is the same as case hardening only with the colours and not just plain grey. The old way to colour case harden was to heat up the action to a cherry red, inside a sealed cast iron box that had been filled with old leather and bones. The carbon that was drawn from the old bones and leather was transferred to the topmost layer of molecules in the steel and formed a coating of carbon. The box was then cooled in water that was whisked around to get a lot of air into it, which in turn caused the carbon layer to cool at different rates which imparted different colours to the metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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