| baileybradshaw |
| (.333 member) |
| 16/01/19 02:37 PM |
7X65R Rising Block color case hardened
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Rising Block action chambered in 7x65R. I'll have the rifle finished and with me at the Dallas Safari Club show on Friday.
Got wonderful colors on this one.
Prior to hardening to show engraving
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| 93x64mm |
| (.416 member) |
| 16/01/19 06:03 PM |
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Now that is certainly spectacular!
Is the engraving borders in gold, & if so how do they survive the quenching temperature?
Would be nice if you could explain a little more of the process that you go through (if possible)for us not so talented individuals!
Beautiful piece of work there mate, hope you get more orders than you can poke a stick at in Dallas.
Cheers
93x64mm
| Sarg |
| (.400 member) |
| 16/01/19 08:24 PM |
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Wow, nice work Bailey, very cool action & your work looks splendid, good to see you still at it & I hope your health is good !
| baileybradshaw |
| (.333 member) |
| 17/01/19 05:47 AM |
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Thanks gents
The CCH process doesn't effect the gold. The carburizing temperature is 1400F for one hour. Gold melts well above that and it doesn't expand with heat and actually softens with a rapid quench ( nonferrous metals soften with quenching and harden with slow cooling, the opposite of ferrous metals) The parts are thoroughly cleaned and degreased, packed into a steel box with a mixture of wood and bone charcoal, heated to 1400F and left to soak for an hour. Then quenched into cool, aerated water being careful not to allow the parts to make contact with ambient air. If they harden and color properly, they are then tempered at 400F for an hour.
Sarq, Thanks, and I hope you are well
CptCurl
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| 17/01/19 07:34 AM |
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That's impressive work!
Thanks for sharing with us.
Curl
| DarylS |
| (.700 member) |
| 17/01/19 08:03 AM |
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Yes - very nice work, impressive indeed.
| Waidmannsheil |
| (.400 member) |
| 20/01/19 10:31 AM |
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Very nice and very tasteful, I hope you do well with that new action as it takes balls as well as brains to come up with a new action design and then present it to the shooting public who are a very conservative bunch indeed. Good luck.
Matt.