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Thanks, just wanted to bring to everyones attention. Should have looked first, can fit in a thimble what I know about Parkers but Im learnin.

Hi Tom,

No problem at all - I only know slightly more than you, anyway. But, I post, read - ask questions - and it's slowly sinking in.. ;)

My Best to you,

John

And - by the way - WELCOME as our newest PGCA Member, Tom!!! I iust got your Membership Payment - and the servers click your account over as a PGCA Member.......

Many thanks again - and welcome, Tom!

:cheers:

John

what can i say? except:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A GH is advertised as re-case colored, but looks to me more like temper colors from heating. Does anyone see bone charcoal case colors on that frame or know who did the coloring work and how it was done?

justin: as i recall, only one of the parkers i currently have listed on gunsamerica has had its receiver recolored. what specific guns are you referring too? ed

Ed,
Thanks for correcting me. I edited my post accordingly. I was referring to the GH in particular and wondering what process is utilized to obtain that color pattern, if anyone knows.

justin: the particular gh that you are referring to had it's receiver recolored by ed lander, an old time gunsmith here in nh. old ed has been a full time general gunsmith since he came home from service in ww2, in 1946! imagine having the services of a gunsmith with over 60 years of experience! we in northern new england are lucky to still have him around to work on our guns.

anyway, he uses a low heat chemical process to recolor shotgun receivers. he uses different chemicals to simulate different factory receiver coloring, depending on the brand and age of the gun. for example, i have a late ithaca 20 ga nid, that old ed also recolored the receiver. it is very well done and is close to ithaca factory work of the period.

unlike the high heat bone charcoal process of recoloring shotgun receivers, old ed never heats a shotgun receiver hot enough to reach critical temperature and thus altering the original factory heat treatment of the receiver metal. keeping the heat below critical temperature avoids the well known problems associated with after market re heat treating of shotgun receivers.

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Originally Posted by ed good (Post 58837)

justin: the particular gh that you are referring to had it's receive recolored by ed lander, an old time gunsmith here in nh. old ed has been a full time general gunsmith since he came home from service in ww2, in 1946! imagine having the services of a gunsmith with over 60 years of experience! we in northern new england are lucky to still have him around to work on our guns.

anyway, he uses a low heat chemical process to recolor shotgun receivers. he uses different chemicals to simulate different factory receiver coloring, depending on the brand and age of the gun. for example, i have a late ithaca 20 ga nid, that old ed also recolored the receiver. it is very well done and is close to ithaca factory work of the period.

unlike the high heat bone charcoal process of recoloring shotgun receivers, old ed never heats a shotgun receiver hot enough to reach critical temperature and thus altering the original factory heat treatment of the receiver metal. keeping the heat below critical temperature avoids the well known problems associated with after market re heat treating of shotgun receivers.

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Did I forget any.....:corn:
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day: i do not know nor care for the purpose of your post. that kind of nonsense may be tolerated elsewhere, but not here. do it again and i will report you to the board.