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buggley · April 16, 2012, 11:41 PM

i am planing to learn how to case harden in a few weeks. i have been plating metal for some time and wanted to step it up but i am running out of guns to work on. i have work on every thing and now all i have left is a k31 and a mavric shotgun with an oil blued barrel. i know that casing helps to put a hardened surface on softer metal, but would it leave the same color effect on harder metals? is the k31 bolt stainless, or some other type of hardened finish or just polished steel? if i tried to color case it would it damage it in any way?

April 16, 2012, 11:41 PM	#1
buggley Member Join Date: May 9, 2009 Posts: 46	metal on a k31 i am planing to learn how to case harden in a few weeks. i have been plating metal for some time and wanted to step it up but i am running out of guns to work on. i have work on every thing and now all i have left is a k31 and a mavric shotgun with an oil blued barrel. i know that casing helps to put a hardened surface on softer metal, but would it leave the same color effect on harder metals? is the k31 bolt stainless, or some other type of hardened finish or just polished steel? if i tried to color case it would it damage it in any way?