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Friday, May 23, 2014
Gratuitous Gun Pr0n #92...
I've mentioned before how much I like my little Mauser 1910/14 6.35mm and its 7.65mm big brother, but at the NRAAM, RIA had an example of their ultra rare Even Bigger Brother:
I don't believe I'd ever seen one of those in the steel before. Check out the fire bluing on the trigger and the takedown latch at the front of the guide rod!
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Wow, I think I would have stood there for an hour looking at that one example.
ReplyDeleteSaw the phrase "fire bluing". Googled it for more info. Top hit? This blog post. GRRRRrrrr.
ReplyDeleteIs that a crack in the slide metal, beginning near the takedown latch and spreading rearward?
ReplyDeleteWhat kinda gun nut buys a gun that can't be fired safely? Probably can't get Pacs or Hogues for it, either...
DJ9: looks to me like the divide between slide and frame. Not unusual to see one that fine in contemporary European guns (check out a matching number, unmolested Luger).
ReplyDeleteTJIC: you can do it with a torch but it requires a lot of practice to get consistent. Heat-treat oven's better if you have one. Here's a chart with some rules o'thumb on the right:
http://www.uddeholm.com/files/Temperature_guide.pdf
Here's another version with sources:
http://www.anvilfire.com/article.php?bodyName=/FAQs/temper_colors_hardness.htm
Note that these are for carbon steel. Tool steel, high-speed steels, etc., will vary from these bases.
Finally, Tam probably knows this since she's all a-squee over them anyway, but did you guys know the 1910/34 was the first Man From UNCLE gun?
It's like a Beretta 92 went back in time to do the nasty in the pasty with...something...
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