Author Topic: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?  (Read 2746 times)

Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2023, 10:34:45 PM »
You guys won't live long enough to put the patina on a gun that I can get in a week. ;)

BUT..It will be HIS patina, HIS history, HIS memories. The Patina will be earned!
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Offline Daryl

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Re: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2023, 07:22:41 PM »
Each to his own. ;D
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Offline Martin S.

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Re: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2023, 05:51:52 PM »
Here is a Woodsrunner with a browned barrel, and browned then boiled lock.




What does the boiling do for the finish?

Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2023, 07:05:19 PM »
Turns it black
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Offline Martin S.

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Re: Woodsrunner, brown or blue?
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2023, 10:26:35 PM »
Thanks Mike.