[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

[Dan Scheid]

if you are looking for  old, out of date or any books check here
www.powells.com they are over 4 stores high and a full block. and that 
is just one of their stores they supply Amazon.
Dan Scheid

On 1/13/2011 4:32 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> Bruce,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW I missed seeing you at Gichner's.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Williams
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>> Anyone interested?
>>
>> --
>> Bruce
>> NJ
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