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Johnny Peppers · 12-05-2001, 08:15 PM

Colt used an oven blue until after WWII. The oven blue, like the Luger rust blue, is much more labor intensive than the hot salt blue, but produced a beautiful finish.

12-05-2001, 08:15 PM	#4
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Re Bill and his dinkum? advice Colt used an oven blue until after WWII. The oven blue, like the Luger rust blue, is much more labor intensive than the hot salt blue, but produced a beautiful finish.