I had trouble getting in my vault so I pulled a chest out and and checked out the contents. I thought I would share this beauty.
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I had trouble getting in my vault so I pulled a chest out and and checked out the contents. I thought I would share this beauty.
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last ones.... hmmm just realized I didn't post a good bolt picture.... it matches.
Great looking rifle thanks for sharing
Is the look of the finish on the receiver here due to the high temperature then oil dip ?
Nice looking rifle...for sure...
No it was a process trade named as "Brunofixing".Quote:
Originally Posted by speckles
similar to almost a textured Parkerizing.
Lee Enfield, Interesting! Was that process used along with high heat/oil treatment? Or was brunofixing specific for surface corrosion?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Enfield
Very nice, they come little better than that one. You tend to see the brunofixing on later 44, & 45 dated rifles.
It's almost as though the Bronofix process was a Holland and Holland thing. I had never heard of it before I went to H&H and nobody there knew how the process worked. Never(?) heard of it since - except in relation to H&H ad No4T's.
Yes, I've always found it a bit of a puzzle. It's generally only found on the later conversions - the earlier rifles seem (unless they've been FTR'd) to retain the surface finish with which they left their parent factory. For example, the BSA's are blued (right up to some 1944 rifles), Maltby's are generally (IIRC) oil blacked, Savage's retain their finish of, is it, 'dulite'? Yet, the later rifles seem to be brunofixed, as Peter says, presumably instituted at H&H's......
To me that looks like improper crystal formation and poor adhesion due to an incorrectly run bath. The chemistry of phosphating baths has to be tested and kept within certain parameters for a proper finish, at least that's according to the instructions I have read. Otherwise you get poor adhesion an overly coarse or fine crystallization.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Certain temperatures, or you get a green hue which rusts as soon as you dip it in water. Then you have to card it off with steel wool and start again. Yes, that looks different. Apparently this is not the same as Parkerizing though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil