I’m sure this topic has been covered but I can’t seem to find anything on it. I am in the process of building a Walker Hepburn from a kit. 

I bought a barreled receiver that was smoked and had almost no parts with it. I’ve got a hammer, a regular Hepburn breach block and receiver, everything else is from the kit. I’ve got an aftermarket 32-40 Win barrel that will go on it.

I read up a little about annealing the receiver and people’s opinions, don’t think I’ll need to do that. I plan on nickel plating or rust bluing the parts. Do they need to be heat treated? The lower tang and lever and such I think not, but the breach block takes some abuse.

Logan

Johnny,

I bought the kit second hand, the receiver and hammer are original, everything else I will use from the kit. I’m more wondering whether it is necessary to case harden or heat treat the parts. Can I just go straight to nickel plating/rust bluing?

Logan