[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

[williamsiron at comcast.net]

Bruce & others, 



I looked at abebooks.com and found several copies at various book stores. The original book has been republished. 



Mark 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com> 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:32:16 AM 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book) 

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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