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Doc Hoy · February 24, 2011, 04:36 PM

I guess a person could put the pistol in the oven and heat it up. It would make it awful hard to handle and my guess is that the frame and barrel would cool substantially in getting the piece from the oven to the shop.

In the moments when I tought about the application of heat in an effort to free a part, I thought about the use of a heat gun. The air coming out of a heat gun can be quite hot, I have heard as high as twelve hundred degrees. I doubt it is as high as that but I know it is very very hot. If 350 degrees is somehow a magic number, then it is very likely that a heat gun could be used to heat up the frame of the revolver.

I am not recommending this to anyone else because I have never tried it myself. I do not know what the heat from a heat gun would do to a blued steel surface. I have used a heat gun to lightly warm the surface of metal to make the blueing process more effective. Beyond that I am just guessing.

February 24, 2011, 04:36 PM	#14
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	One note about applying heat. I guess a person could put the pistol in the oven and heat it up. It would make it awful hard to handle and my guess is that the frame and barrel would cool substantially in getting the piece from the oven to the shop. In the moments when I tought about the application of heat in an effort to free a part, I thought about the use of a heat gun. The air coming out of a heat gun can be quite hot, I have heard as high as twelve hundred degrees. I doubt it is as high as that but I know it is very very hot. If 350 degrees is somehow a magic number, then it is very likely that a heat gun could be used to heat up the frame of the revolver. I am not recommending this to anyone else because I have never tried it myself. I do not know what the heat from a heat gun would do to a blued steel surface. I have used a heat gun to lightly warm the surface of metal to make the blueing process more effective. Beyond that I am just guessing. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.