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Browning solutions

What are ingredients for browning solutions for browning barrel of old black powder piece?

William Cherry
- Woodlake, California

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Hi, William

Nitrites and nitrates, caustic, perhaps proprietary stabilizers, experience, and technique :-)

You can make these solutions yourself or buy them from vendors who have improved upon them and kept the product of their research proprietary.

Good luck.

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