Posted: 3/19/2011 3:49:44 AM EDT
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Would like to know if the Colt peacemaker was Charcoal blue during the 1870's. meaning the barrel and cyclinder.
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In those days, Colt used a type of heat bluing.
All parts were heat blued except the frame and hammer which were color case hardened. As I recall, the bluing process involved putting the parts into a steel drum filled with a "secret" mixture of charred leather, bone meal and other ingredients. The drums were heated in a temperature controlled oven to give the parts a deep blue color. Colt used this process up until the 1940's. |