Aug 2, 2025 · Many, but not all, gun enthusiasts are familiar with "case hardening," a metal treatment that creates beautiful color nuances, once widely used on muzzle-loading weapons and valuable, …

Oct 21, 2024 · We’ve dedicated ourselves to authentic restoration methods, including color case hardening, which we meticulously apply to both vintage and modern firearms. We’re driven by not …

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Next we do the critical quench incorporating carbon into the molecular structure of the surface layer of the metal. The result is a beautiful surface coloration, a mottled gradient of colors unique to each …

Wyoming Armory Precision Firearms in Cody, Wyoming offers custom bone charcoal color case hardening (color case hardening) for all types of firearms, from vintage 1885 rifles to modern semi …

Jan 7, 2024 · Case hardening a gun involves creating a hard, wear-resistant surface layer (the ‘case’) on a softer, tougher metal core. This process improves the gun’s durability and aesthetic appeal, but …

Here at Lohman Gunsmith we are able to bring those faded colors back by redoing the color case hardening. At Lohman Gunsmith we use our special formula depending on the type of metal we use …

This allows the manufacturer of firearms and components to fabricate parts with easy to machine, but tough, alloys and then case harden them which provides a hard, wear-resistant surface with the …

At last, a convenient, easy-to-use process to help the gunsmith create beautiful, genuine color case hardening. Color case parts with their subtle shades of blue, gray and straw really give a gun a true …

This treatment produces different colors and patterns than the original, period-correct, bone color case hardening. Turnbull Restoration perfected its use of this original bone charcoal process decades ago, …