Show your lightning bolt guns
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twriggen
Buckeye
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Apparently several Hawkeye's have lightning streaks. I love it!!!!!
Keep them coming!
Keep them coming!
Sorry, not a Hawkeye....... ;)
Same gun, other side.........
Same gun, other side.........
OP
No worries, I want to see them all!!
So, it seems to me that MOST of the colors and "lightning strikes" are on the right side of the gun. I'm not saying nothing on the left side, because, obviously there is some, but especially for lightning strikes usually the right side. Maybe the top of the mold? Bottom? I don't know, but always been curious.......
Any thoughts or ideas??
DAN ??!!????
Here is a Hawkeye I no longer have
Any thoughts or ideas??
DAN ??!!????
Here is a Hawkeye I no longer have
The T1 RRS flat gates have a lot of colors and "strikes"
..it's all in the "mix of each batch", how much it was "stirred/mixed" and what alloys came to the surface, thus as Colt and Winchester collectors always say "defects in the manufacturing", just like "plum", seems only Ruger collectors "love" that, not with a winchester even with their "nickel steel",,,,,,,and for those in the bluing business, "time and temperature" of the metal in the tanks..... :cool: :rolleyes:;)
...ah the virtues of 4140 chrome -moly steel alloy....:unsure:
we wont get into "color case" hardening of "complex metals":oops:
yes those are some NICE examples above.......(y)(y)
...ah the virtues of 4140 chrome -moly steel alloy....:unsure:
we wont get into "color case" hardening of "complex metals":oops:
yes those are some NICE examples above.......(y)(y)
So Dan,
In your observations, does there tend to be more "color" on the right side of these early guns?
Do we know what orientation the mold was in?
Did the color "rise" to the top of the mold? Sink to the bottom?
JAYDAWG
both good questions and I did not ask that of the casting manager back in the days we met in Tulsa many years ago, position of the molds I have NO idea, and what molten metal alloys are heavier??? good 'technical' question.......all my contacts at Goodyear and Brush aerospace, are now gone, as well as my rides to Tulsa........:(
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Ruger Guru
It doesn't have to be Hawkeye's,, show all the guns with lightning streaks.
ALL very nice,, because I enjoy seeing them.
ALL very nice,, because I enjoy seeing them.
Dan,
Thank you for the reply. If YOU don't know, I doubt anyone else does..........
You have seen MANY,MANY Rugers over the years, would you agree most of the "strikes" are on the right side of the gun?
yes, the majority we noted, have been on the right side.........;)
I read longtime back that bill was told the plumming was from the silicon added to help the melt flow into the mould, so he ordered less silicon. I saw a pic once of the "wheel" of linked moulds but cannot recall which side was up
Here is a "small" strike........................ :D
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Is this a trait that's seen on older guns mostly (like pre-80's)? I don't have many blued guns that I can remember, so I'll have to check the ones that I have.
While I have seen "plum" colored loading gates and cylinder frames on 70's & 80's blued guns, the latest I have ever seen a "lightning strike" is in the Hawkeyes, '63 & '64.
Not saying there isn't any, just I've never seen any. Maybe this post will bring some out!
...as I said earlier it was mainly in the early "batches" ( mix) and bet they got their "stuff" together in the casting plant.... :cool: :rolleyes:;)
OP
Some strikes and color on another T1 RSS Flat gate.
On the right side of the gun.......again?!??!
On the right side of the gun.......again?!??!
john guedry
Single-Sixer
New one on me. I'm not a "collector" but now I see whats talked about,thank y'all for posting. I learned something today.
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