Re: Forends - colored case hardened or blued? Archived Message
Posted by Dewey Vicknair on July 20, 2007, 10:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Forends - colored case hardened or blued?"
No sir, they were not all casehardened throughout their production life. Non ejector gun forend irons were almost always blued. The best way to determine the original finish would be to remove the forend wood and look at the protected area of the iron.
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