ern
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Post by ern on Dec 12, 2023 8:37:33 GMT -5
I'm refinishing my Model 24 series S and am going to reblue the barrels. It appears that the case hardened receiver has never been blued, has anyone tried bluing it? or know why Savage never did?
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Post by vancmike on Dec 18, 2023 14:22:50 GMT -5
Case hardening is a more laborious and skillful process. And yes, it has a tendency to "fade." But there are several ways to rejuvenate case hardening (the internet is your friend) and I'd suggest you either try to do so or live with it. I don't believe you can blue over it...at least satisfactorily.
FWIW, I own a later model that was blued. But it's not as good looking, IMO.
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ragnar
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Post by ragnar on Jan 7, 2024 12:10:08 GMT -5
In my limited experience, (which consists of three examples) every time I have done a normal reblue job on a receiver that has been case hardened, the receiver comes out a plumb/purplish color. When I asked around to several gunsmiths about that, they all said that the receiver is so hard at the surface that it does not take the color very well and this despite the receivers having been well polished before going into hot salts in the blue vat. What I can tell you is that as far as I am concerned, I LIKE THE COLOR. If you look at the receivers on EARLY MODELS (not later models) of Bill Ruger's masterpiece, the Ruger No. 1, you will see that they also show a plumb/purple coloration, although not as noticeable as what I got bluing case hardened receivers, two of which were Savage.
But be aware that the color on a reblued normal gun steel barrel WILL NOT MATCH the reveiver on the same gun if that receiver has previously been case hardened. It's a personal like or don't like thing, but I like the effect and some people have made complementary remarks on the guns I have done that way. Ask your gunsmith who does rebluing and I'll bet he'll thell you the same thing.
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