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03-03-2025, 01:29 PM
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Beautiful to behold—thanks!
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03-03-2025, 03:14 PM
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No other American gun has that deep metallic blue tint. Once you have seen the real thing the restored guns just jump out at you. Thanks for posting.
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03-03-2025, 03:24 PM
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The Parker I had years ago in what has been termed "unfired" condition by some of the most esteemed PGCA members is the very best I have ever owned in terms of condition of originality. The fact that it is a Grade 1 with minimal engraving allows us to fully view the casehardening colors. I suspect the current owner, like myself, has never fired it either.
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03-03-2025, 05:31 PM
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Beautiful. Thanks for these photos.
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03-03-2025, 06:50 PM
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Beautiful examples!! Thanks for posting those!
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03-03-2025, 07:01 PM
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Outstanding examples both Bruce and Dean. What comes to my mind is that at one time colors like these were a normal, every day occurrence when you went to a gun dealer. Art achieved through function is remarkable.
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03-03-2025, 07:29 PM
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I don't think it's purely coincidence that Parker, Colt and Winchester, all Connecticut companies had such beautiful colors in their case hardening process. I had an order to produce twenty four 410 Stainless steel packing boxes for Colt Mfg Co. I was asked to come over to their plant, only a few miles from my foundry, to go over their design before we made the pattern equipment. I remarked that I had several first generation single action army revolvers that still exhibited wonderful color and was told they continued to use the same packing materials in their process, developed in the 1860s, with the exception they no longer used dried horse 'road apples'. That was as far as they would go.
The attached picture is of a documented gun, issued to E. Burke, Company E, 1st Volunteer Regiment. It was returned to Colt for conversion to Artillery configuration in 1901, and never reissued. It was re-case hardened at that time. |
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03-03-2025, 07:04 PM
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Wow that's gorgeous thanks for sharing
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