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Does this frame look cased???? (Read 7973 times)

40_Rod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Extremism in the persuit of accuracy is not a vice Posts: 4285 Location: Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #15 - Mar 13^th, 2015 at 8:22am	Print Post
	It looks like a really ham-handed attempt to recreate Stevens colors. If he had sent it to CPA it could have been done much better. Now all it’s fit for is a nice hot dipped barrel and some wood sanded down about a 1/32” shy of the metal. 40 Rod


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40_Rod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Extremism in the persuit of accuracy is not a vice Posts: 4285 Location: Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #16 - Mar 13^th, 2015 at 8:22am	Print Post
	It looks like a really ham-handed attempt to recreate Stevens colors. If he had sent it to CPA it could have been done much better. Now all it’s fit for is a nice hot dipped barrel and some wood sanded down about a 1/32” shy of the metal. 40 Rod


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #17 - Mar 13^th, 2015 at 9:18am	Print Post
	cyanide has long been a very dangerous standard material in old style color "casing"

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RoyB Oldtimer Offline Posts: 838 Location: Dartmouth, MA Joined: Mar 28^th, 2011	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #18 - Mar 13^th, 2015 at 1:12pm	Print Post
	Could this be buffed or stoned out and re-cased properly?

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harry_eales Ex Member	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #19 - Mar 13^th, 2015 at 7:57pm	Print Post
	Hello RoyB, Yes it doesn't need anything but the colours polished off with very fine grit cloth. Originally it may have been case hardened, a file test on the metal somewhere out of site will tell you that, If the file skids off then it was hardened and would have to be annealed before re-case hardening it. Very few people do case hardening as it was done on this action, it would have to be cyanide dipped to get the true colours like the original. Harry.


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RoyB Oldtimer Offline Posts: 838 Location: Dartmouth, MA Joined: Mar 28^th, 2011	Re: Does this frame look cased???? Reply #20 - Mar 19^th, 2015 at 3:47pm	Print Post
	Here is a picture of my 44 1/2 Stevens. I believe the fellow I bought it from said it was cased by CPA. It has a bit of that "torched" look....What say you? (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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