what is the actual finish on a P-64?

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volfandan
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what is the actual finish on a P-64?

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I know, stupid question. Is it just a normal old rust blue?
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what is the actual finish on a P-64?

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I would guess that it's "hot blued". Rust bluing was an old labor intensive process now only used on expensive custom guns, I believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_%28steel%29
http://www.winrest.com/costofrustblue.html
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what is the actual finish on a P-64?

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volfandan


there is no such thing as stupid question

especially if you don't know the answer

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what is the actual finish on a P-64?

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+ 1 with Norm,

Your right Norm, there are no dumb questions when you don't know the answers, however, sometimes there are some dumb answers..... :(


PshootR,

Good info, thank's

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