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Just as the title suggests, I was curious if bluing dulls over time. So your gun may be shiny and blingy today but 30+ years from now, would it be duller?
Answers like "who cares, it's a gun" and "you have better things to worry about" miss the point. I am not worried. I know it's a gun, I just want to know more about the properties of bluing and how it changes over time. I know some pre-WWII era 1911s have turned rust brown while other WW1 era 1911s are dark black and dull. It's odd how different guns, presumably similar construction changed differently over time. I do know that the bluing in those two runs was different, so that is also sort of a question. Why would one bluing turn rust color while another be black and dull (and did it start out dull)?
Answers like "who cares, it's a gun" and "you have better things to worry about" miss the point. I am not worried. I know it's a gun, I just want to know more about the properties of bluing and how it changes over time. I know some pre-WWII era 1911s have turned rust brown while other WW1 era 1911s are dark black and dull. It's odd how different guns, presumably similar construction changed differently over time. I do know that the bluing in those two runs was different, so that is also sort of a question. Why would one bluing turn rust color while another be black and dull (and did it start out dull)?