twaits
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Hi all. Someone on one of the forums gave me a recipe once for artificially aging reproduction revolvers. I thought it was to let the gun soak in a plastic back with onions, salt and ketchup...or something like that. The poster claimed it would give you nice pits in a pretty short time.
Anyway, has anyone here tried their hand at artificial aging?
Some gun companies have been making guns artificially aged for a while now but they never look real. They always look artificial.
Some of you might remember the snubnose that I aged. I just beat the hell out of it in my basement. Hammered sandpaper into it to simulate pitting. Stripped and reblued it several times until I sort of achieved a patina.
I'd like to see if anyone else has tried this and if so how they went about it.
Here's mine:
Anyway, has anyone here tried their hand at artificial aging?
Some gun companies have been making guns artificially aged for a while now but they never look real. They always look artificial.
Some of you might remember the snubnose that I aged. I just beat the hell out of it in my basement. Hammered sandpaper into it to simulate pitting. Stripped and reblued it several times until I sort of achieved a patina.
I'd like to see if anyone else has tried this and if so how they went about it.
Here's mine: