Case coloring article

[Keavin Nelson]

I am sure many of you have seen this, but for those that haven't an interesting read

https://shootingsportsman.com/color-case-hardening/?

[Dean Romig]

That muddy chocolate brown with a couple of blue splashes does nothing for me. It may be okay for a british gun but for a classic American gun like a Parker it certainly won’t do.
I would like to see a gun smith or restoration specialist reproduce REPEATABLE realistic iridescent case colors that we can tone down with rottenstone or Flitz to something more eye-appealing than some of the colors that are being done in America today.

These days I see too much dark blue, too much brown, too much straw, and not enough iridescent color.


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[charlie cleveland]

I think you are gona have to go back in time to get the case colors you want dean...charlie

[Dean Romig]

I think you’re right Charlie. I should have started buildint a time machine long ago...

Oh wait... I have a good friend who specializes in deLoreans - maybe I can coerce him to make one go Back to the PAST... ;-)





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[Harold Pickens]

If you get that time machine working Dean, i'd like to have you drop me and a couple of my favorite Parkers and setters off in the mid 1950's. Be happy to have you along for the trip.

[Dean Romig]

I’ve got a nice little time machine in my mind and I drift back into the fifties and sixties more and more these days.







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[Keavin Nelson]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

If you get that time machine working Dean, i'd like to have you drop me and a couple of my favorite Parkers and setters off in the mid 1950's. Be happy to have you along for the trip.

Harold,
I think we will need a bus!!! Tell you what, Dean you build it, and I'll sell tickets!

[mobirdhunter]

First in line! First in line!

[edgarspencer]

I’ve always liked the colors of Holland and Holland. Purdey seemed to be more of the very dark blues. I wish these so called experts over here could get some lessons from William Ford or the like.

[Shane Jennings]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

That muddy chocolate brown with a couple of blue splashes does nothing for me. It may be okay for a british gun but for a classic American gun like a Parker it certainly won’t do.
I would like to see a gun smith or restoration specialist reproduce REPEATABLE realistic iridescent case colors that we can tone down with rottenstone or Flitz to something more eye-appealing than some of the colors that are being done in America today.

These days I see too much dark blue, too much brown, too much straw, and not enough iridescent color.


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I came across Tyler Gun Works a while back. He's in Fritch, TX. I like his case colors. I haven't seen a pic of a shotgun, but he does a lot of pistols, a few lever rifles, and even knives, axes, golf clubs, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/tylergunwor...type=3&theater

https://www.tylergunworks.com/