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French grey
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:30 pm
by geronimo.tn
Is the French Grey option done in house at Shiloh or do you send parts out to get French Grey?
Re: French grey
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:35 pm
by Kirk
In house
Re: French grey
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:55 am
by neckshot johnny
Looks great to.
Re: French grey
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:17 am
by rkcohen
"Is the French Grey option done in house at Shiloh or do you send parts out to get French Grey?"
what exactly is "French grey" - I mean what is it made of?
will it last longer than the charcoal and bone case colors - is it hard like industrial chrome?
does it match the pewter forend?
thanks!!
Re: French grey
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:33 am
by BFD
French grey is done by first case coloring and then removing the colors with a mild acid (toilet bowl cleaner is one of the favorites).
It retains corrosion resistance and hardness but is just grey.
Re: French grey
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:06 am
by Kurt
rkcohen wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:17 am
"Is the French Grey option done in house at Shiloh or do you send parts out to get French Grey?"
what exactly is "French grey" - I mean what is it made of?
will it last longer than the charcoal and bone case colors - is it hard like industrial chrome?
does it match the pewter forend?
thanks!!
Yes it matches the pewder forend.
I like this french gray Shiloh uses better than other competitors that look more like polished steel.
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Re: French grey
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:05 am
by Gussy
It can get dark wear spots and as far as I know, can't be touched up.
Re: French grey
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:42 am
by rkcohen
"French grey is done by first case coloring and then removing the colors with a mild acid (toilet bowl cleaner is one of the favorites).
It retains corrosion resistance and hardness but is just grey."
boy, i'm trying to figure that one out - pack hardening is a 300 buck option, French greay costs 200 - what am I missing?
the cost of toilet cleaner and elbow grease?
Kurt - you're not using toilet bowl cleaner on your rifles are you?
i'll NEVER hear the end of this from my wife!!
Re: French grey
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:06 am
by Kirk
First of all you don't use toilet cleaner. The cost has to do with all of the extra labor that goes into it.
Kirk
Re: French grey
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:28 am
by BFD
Kirk, YOU don't. But I can tell of several guild gunmakers that do.
And mild acid will do. What do you use?
Re: French grey
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:35 pm
by Kirk
It starts with a lot of prep work, it has to look like a mirror, then the rest comes from my quench.
Re: French grey
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:51 am
by bobw
I don't have any Shiloh's that are French gray finished. But the ones finished so over engraving are really great to look at.very sharp no pun intended. bobw
Re: French grey
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:55 am
by Kenny Wasserburger
My first Sharps, the Hell Bitch, is circa 1994 Sept French Gray, and engraved with my initials.
It has a lot of character, it’s on Barrel #2 (2005) and still wins on occasion, 2006, 2013 and a few Phoenix matches.
KW
Re: French grey
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:26 pm
by John Boy
Pedersoli did a batch of 74 Competition models and Cabelas was the distributor They didn’t sell well and they dumped on their website for $999. Could not resist ... and the French Gray was true as it should be ... stunning
Re: French grey
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 7:15 pm
by BML
Does anyone have good photos of recentently produced Shilohs with French gray and engraving? Particularly with lot s of engraving and background fill? I had read in a post from a few years ago that Shilohs French gray finish is now more of a “nickel finish”...does anyone have information of photos showing the difference in how the two finishes look on the Shilohs, if in fact there has been a change?