I like the pilkingtons best for alloy steels in modern rifles. It is a very fine black oxide that stays on the steel like flies in the outhouse. The Laurel Mountain Forge Barrel Brown will work fine too for browning or blackening steel but on the modern alloys I've found it to have a courser texture and it dosn't wear nearly as long on the harder steels. The laurel seems at its best on the softer alloy steels of the muzzleloading barrels and if done slowely it produces a stunning plumb brown that wears fantastic for years on the softer alloys.
Should be headed to the range within the hour!
I put it up for sale here on one of the NC Boards...some one here needs a good shooter and I can use the proceeds to do some more projects but this time on my own guns...perhaps triggers for my 700 and my 450 Bushmaster and I may go ahead and work up a DIY on makeing Rifle Tang Sights in the $10 range.
Should be headed to the range within the hour!
I put it up for sale here on one of the NC Boards...some one here needs a good shooter and I can use the proceeds to do some more projects but this time on my own guns...perhaps triggers for my 700 and my 450 Bushmaster and I may go ahead and work up a DIY on makeing Rifle Tang Sights in the $10 range.
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