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  2. Bluing (steel) - Wikipedia

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    Bluing, sometimes spelled as blueing, is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust using a black oxide coating. It is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish.

  3. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Bluing or blueing: A passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish. True gun bluing is an electrochemical conversion coating resulting from an oxidizing chemical reaction with iron on the surface selectively forming magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ...

  4. Bluing - Wikipedia

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    Bluing (steel) is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust Bluing may also refer to: Bluing (fabric), a blue dye used to improve the appearance of fabrics; Bluing (hair), a blue dye used to improve the appearance of hair "bluing" of machine parts to check for tolerances, see engineer's blue

  5. Firearm maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Front cover – The M16A1 Rifle – Operation and Preventive Maintenance by Will Eisner, issued to American soldiers in the Vietnam War. An inadequately maintained firearm will often accumulate excessive fouling and dirt within the barrel and receiver, which not only can clog up the rifling and decrease the firearm's accuracy and precision, but can also interfere with the proper operation of ...

  6. Talk:Bluing (steel) - Wikipedia

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    Black oxide is a true gun bluing. However, not all gun bluing is black oxide based. As you note, the MIL references and standards mentioned do refer directly to black oxide. Take a look at the Parkerizing and Phosphate conversion coating articles; one is on historical Parkerizing, and the other is on modern phosphate coatings. Perhaps the same ...

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  9. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    The first true gun evolved in China from the fire lance (a bamboo tube that fired porcelain shrapnel) with the invention of the metal hand cannon sometime around 1288, which the Yuan dynasty used to win a decisive victory against Mongolian rebels.