11-17-2012, 01:52 PM
Dallen,
This is one of those rare cases where it's possible to have your cake and eat it too. Firearms manufacturers like Steven's and Marlin have been color case hardening their guns for years and they are both colorful and hard. I have a Steven's single shot shotgun that has amazing colors on the receiver. So you don't need to sacrifice one for the other, you just need to come up with the right technique to achieve the desired results.
Tom
This is one of those rare cases where it's possible to have your cake and eat it too. Firearms manufacturers like Steven's and Marlin have been color case hardening their guns for years and they are both colorful and hard. I have a Steven's single shot shotgun that has amazing colors on the receiver. So you don't need to sacrifice one for the other, you just need to come up with the right technique to achieve the desired results.
Tom
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