2007-09-02 03:54:43 · 12 answers · asked by sigmerc01 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Blued steed is, guess what? Blued!
Bluing is an oxidation process that converts iron in the surface to magnetite. It changes the surface color and provides some protection against normal rusting.
Obvious visual difference is the blue/black color as opposed shiny silver of steel "in the white". The change is only at the surface, the underlying steel remains the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_%28steel%29
2007-09-02 04:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are (4) common gun finishes actually..
There are 2 types of "Blued" Gun finish A matt finish and a high gloss. Both are created by giving the gun a dip in a hot salts solution that etches the surface of all exposed metal parts. How long the gun is left in the solution determines it's final finsh. The longer exposed, the deeper,darker the finish.
Then there is stainless steel, that actually has no finish per sea, but is just a natural finish stainless steel surface that has been buffed or polished to give it a flat somewhat bare metal look.
The next finish is "Parkerizing" This is a Greenish/Gray finish used on military type weapons that also results from being dipped in a hot chemical bath. This finish is non reflective but obviously different from other finishes and is quite unique making it easy to see the difference.
There are actually a few more available today but these are not nearly as common as the ones I've described and listed here.
2007-09-02 05:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by JD 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually SirBobby, the stainless steel used in firearms is not true stainless steel. There has been some carbon added to make machining easier, and it will rust. It will rust far less than any blued/carbon steel pistol, and far more slowly, but it will rust.
Thank God it is pretty easy to get off and I've never had it to leave a pit as has happened on blued guns.
Doc
2007-09-02 20:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue is a finish that protects the metal, non-blued is just plain old steel....not to be confused with stainless steel.
Blued steel has a blue/black color to it. Stainless looks just like the stainless steel on kitchen knives. Guns are rarely just steel, they are normally stainless, blued or nickel plates, sometimes chrome plated.
2007-09-02 08:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Colter B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 03:15:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blued steel is exactly that : blue in color...think of the revolver in "Dirty Harry".
The other most common color is stainless steel- looks just like all of those steak knives in your drawer...chrome-shiny white.
There are other variations like scandium and such, but these are the two most common. Blue steel can rust- stainless won't.
2007-09-02 04:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Trick question eh? Blued steel is blue/black, what more can i say?
2007-09-02 06:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blued steel looks black, not blue. Non-blued appears silver in color.
2007-09-02 06:04:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
blued will have a shiney blue look.most all guns that arent nickle or stainless will look bue or black.
2007-09-02 14:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by fenderman.2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you,er, LOOK at them...
the silver color might be stainless steel, or nickel plating.
Shiny.
if youre colorblind, may be a prob.
2007-09-02 06:34:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋