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Originally Posted by cirelaw
...How were these parts treated? Did they have to remove the blueing from the rails and other bare surfaces individually?
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Actually Eric, just the opposite... the whole gun starts out white unfinished steel. Then the rust bluing was applied discreetly to each part leaving the white exposed (internal surfaces) where it was thought it wouldn't matter that bluing wasn't applied. VERY labor intensive!
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