Discretionary Blueing

alvin · 03-12-2014, 06:32 AM

Thanks Ron! It's great to know.

I thought it over. Could the document describe the principle of how to do this, not the exact engineering implementation... say, initially, it's applied by swabbing the oxidation agent on the surface, originated from small scale gunsmith work, pure manual process, time consuming. This process could be improved to fit industrial production... but how do I know, no document, so I don't have any proof. The only hint is the later Mauser interior... if one maker implemented a quicker way, would it propagate to other makers... propagation would take time, say, DWM stayed on swabbing due to the high demand pressure from WWI was not long, so the propagation did not happen.

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One more thought:
This was obvious finish quality gap between guns made in 1900 era and 1920 era. Both were made in peace time, both didn't have large volume. Why did the quality drop in 1920s?

03-12-2014, 06:32 AM	#8
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Thanks Ron! It's great to know. I thought it over. Could the document describe the principle of how to do this, not the exact engineering implementation... say, initially, it's applied by swabbing the oxidation agent on the surface, originated from small scale gunsmith work, pure manual process, time consuming. This process could be improved to fit industrial production... but how do I know, no document, so I don't have any proof. The only hint is the later Mauser interior... if one maker implemented a quicker way, would it propagate to other makers... propagation would take time, say, DWM stayed on swabbing due to the high demand pressure from WWI was not long, so the propagation did not happen. === One more thought: This was obvious finish quality gap between guns made in 1900 era and 1920 era. Both were made in peace time, both didn't have large volume. Why did the quality drop in 1920s?