What's with the dirty looking triggers?

[2hawk]

Good case color, with it's hues of blue and gold, is just a hallmark of the gunsmiths' art. The newer stuff with the MIM just doesn't look as good.
IMHO.

I like it!

 

[williamlayton]

If we all fell in love with the same woman it would be one heck of a fistfight.
I would still be single.
Blessings

 

[Davidnssbm]

Hey now, I said LOOKS like its begging to be polished

Thanks to those who educated, not berated!

 

[TAROMAN]

I would love to swap out the flash chromed T&H on this one for CCH ones:

 

[brokenprism]

Here is a WHOLE gun that is case hardened:

http://northamericanarms.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/a/case_hard_mag.jpg

That's dead sexy.

I'm such a fan of case coloring that I've considered sending parts to Doug Turnbull to 'freshen' them up. He's awesome at it.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Hey now, I said LOOKS like its begging to be polished

Thanks to those who educated, not berated!

I hope you didn't take anything seriously or personally.
I think I speak for everybody when I say the "berating" is not personal and is all in good fun.

If you follow the link in my second post (post 15), you'll see, after what I did to my gun, that I'm nobody to judge anybody.

 

[handyandy357]

I like the looks of a good color case hardening job.

I wonder what my 66-2 would look like with a CCH trigger and hammer. Hmmmm........

 

[JNewell]

In addition to the cosmetics, CCH is functionally very important on the contact surfaces of the hammer and trigger.

 

[AveragEd]

I like the looks of a good color case hardening job. I wonder what my 66-2 would look like with a CCH trigger and hammer. Hmmmm........

Probably something like two of mine.

And in case anyone is wondering what a 686-3 might look like...

I only have two stainless S&Ws without color-casehardened hammer and triggers. Some came that way; others were converted.

Ed

 

[Neumann]

Newer guns probably sport MIM triggers and hammers. It kinda' looks like case hardened steel, but without the color patterns. Perhaps more like carbon-nitriding after a session in a tumbler. MIM is very hard and durable. A competent gunsmith can stone the sear without breaking through the hardened layer.

 

[USAF385]

So... I shouldn't be spray painting my triggers with a chrome spray paint??

 

[AveragEd]

Affirmative.

Ed