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French grey

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Is the French Grey option done in house at Shiloh or do you send parts out to get French Grey?
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Re: French grey

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In house
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Re: French grey

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Looks great to.
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Re: French grey

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"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!!
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Re: French grey

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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.
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Re: French grey

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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

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It can get dark wear spots and as far as I know, can't be touched up.
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Re: French grey

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"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!!
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Re: French grey

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First of all you don't use toilet cleaner. The cost has to do with all of the extra labor that goes into it.

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Re: French grey

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Kirk, YOU don't. But I can tell of several guild gunmakers that do.

And mild acid will do. What do you use?
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Re: French grey

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It starts with a lot of prep work, it has to look like a mirror, then the rest comes from my quench.
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Re: French grey

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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
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Re: French grey

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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. :lol:

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Re: French grey

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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
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Re: French grey

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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?
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