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Winchester 1892...Serial #4
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They were rust blued as I understand it & will ask my winchester guru buddy when they quit this process...very tedious & as I understand, they would hit it with a corrosive/acid creating a fine rust layer & then scrubbing with a very fine wire brush. Repeating the process which in turn made for a more protective (and handsome dark) finish vs todays hot blueing. They also hand lapped the barrels along with many hours of hand fitting.
Funny thing is this gun & I'm wagging on the price but guessing like what one would pay for a nice lunch or less 100+ years ago.
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This same guy informed me Remington used a better & more expensive type of blueing back in the day as well & maybe what you have??
I only remember this as he has a model 725 that he is wanting me to buy. (the 725 was the answer to compete with the model 70 control feed)
I'll give him a shout.
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