Hello all.
My name is Tim and I'm a new member.
(Isn't this where, as a group, you say "Hello Tim"?
I do refinish work to the trade. My customers are mostly smiths and shops.
I received a P08 AE that someone had attempted to cold blue on the barrel and receiver.
I have stripped it to white and plan on polishing it out for rust bluing.
I have found this steel to be very hard to work.
A draw file hardly touches it.
I woudn't have thought that the commercial model would have been rushed through like the military did later on.
Am I wrong on this?
There is no evidence of it being case hardened.
Is this typical of the AE?
TIA and I've learned a great deal from this forum. Thanks.