[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

[Bruce Freeman]

Mark,

The book is "Firearm Blueing and Browning"
by R.H. Angier
The Stackpole Co., Harrisburg, PA, c. 1936

Try bookfinder.com

While looking through the TOC, I noticed something interesting:  The
author doesn't seem to distinguish bluing from browning!  Section III
is "Prep. of Blueing and Browning Solutions", with no distinction
between them, and Section IV is >>Brownes ("Blues") and working
instructions<<<

Now, I'm no firearms expert, but I was always of the understanding
that the color brown was somewhat different from the color blue!

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:40 PM,  <williamsiron at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Bruce,
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> Can you tell me who is the author or who the publisher was? I can look it up at a technical bookstore and, maybe, find a copy.
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> BTW I missed seeing you at Gichner's.
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> Mark Williams
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> Snow Hill, Maryland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:03:54 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)
>
> I have a book by the title above.  I've glanced through it but never
> had occasion to really delve into it.
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> I'm retired now, and if someone is interested in going to the trouble
> to try some of what it recommends, I'd happily assist as an "advisor"
> -- namely, owner of the book, owner of a scanner, and a chemist by
> profession.  (I'm not a toxicologist, but can probably give you
> adequate warning if you're likely to be poisoning yourself -- and how
> to avoid doing so.)
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> I suspect that do-it-yourself gun bluing or browning could be much
> cheaper than buying commercial products.  The catch is time and
> energy.  Accordingly, this approach is not for everybody.
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> I'd be interested in the outcome -- maybe you could post before and
> after photos of your experiments.  (I would not suggest trying
> formulations on expensive objects until you are quite confident of
> them.)
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> Anyone interested?
>
> --
> Bruce
> NJ
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Bruce
NJ