tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6217797725760246422..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Gratuitous Gun Pr0n #92...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28981810530474040312014-05-25T00:45:14.514-04:002014-05-25T00:45:14.514-04:00It's like a Beretta 92 went back in time to do...It's like a Beretta 92 went back in time to do the nasty in the pasty with...something...Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754098327755621483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28377542077026567962014-05-24T15:41:47.418-04:002014-05-24T15:41:47.418-04:00DJ9: looks to me like the divide between slide and...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).<br /><br />TJIC: 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: <br /><a href="http://www.uddeholm.com/files/Temperature_guide.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.uddeholm.com/files/Temperature_guide.pdf</a><br /><br />Here's another version with sources:<br /><a href="http://www.anvilfire.com/article.php?bodyName=/FAQs/temper_colors_hardness.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.anvilfire.com/article.php?bodyName=/FAQs/temper_colors_hardness.htm</a><br /><br />Note that these are for carbon steel. Tool steel, high-speed steels, etc., will vary from these bases.<br /><br />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? <br /><br />Kevin R.C. O'Brienhttp://www.weaponsman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20841181598713440072014-05-24T03:19:03.510-04:002014-05-24T03:19:03.510-04:00Is that a crack in the slide metal, beginning near...Is that a crack in the slide metal, beginning near the takedown latch and spreading rearward?<br /> <br />What kinda gun nut buys a gun that can't be fired safely? Probably can't get Pacs or Hogues for it, either...DJ9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3161845333878289952014-05-23T23:55:11.765-04:002014-05-23T23:55:11.765-04:00Saw the phrase "fire bluing". Googled i...Saw the phrase "fire bluing". Googled it for more info. Top hit? This blog post. GRRRRrrrr.TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-booknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6938307478649903342014-05-23T22:41:34.082-04:002014-05-23T22:41:34.082-04:00Wow, I think I would have stood there for an hour ...Wow, I think I would have stood there for an hour looking at that one example.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.com