Been playing with the camera again.

[JustinTime]

This first picture is the Colt roll marking on the left side of my gunsite CCO.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j176/96vortechSS/Coltgunsitecloseups.jpg

This is of course a picture of the Gunsite Logo.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j176/96vortechSS/Coltgunsitecloseups1.jpg

[Rich-D]

Wow! Great clarity! It must be a really good camera. You probably could photograph a knat's eyeball with that lens.

Rich

[Hill]

Justin, you need to send that to Accurate for the master polish so the "Colt" will be level like the older guns were.

[d90king]

Geez Justin your turnin into a regular Ansel Adams. Cool pics........keep them coming.

[OD*]

Great pictures, Justin.

I like the Raven. ;)

[Joni Lynn]

Nice pics! I've never seen those images quite like that before.

[A.B.]

Outstanding!

[elijdub]

Great pics Justin! I like the GS logo too...

[JustinTime]

Justin, you need to send that to Accurate for the master polish so the "Colt" will be level like the older guns were.

I'm kinda partial to the proud roll marks Hill. Thank you though.

[JustinTime]

Geez Justin your turnin into a regular Ansel Adams. Cool pics........keep them coming.

Who???. Just kidding, I'll keep them coming the best I can. The hard part is thinking of original ideas and getting the lighting just right..

[JustinTime]

Great pictures, Justin.

I like the Raven. ;)

Thank you Dan.

I knew you would. That was just for you. ;)

[JustinTime]

Nice pics! I've never seen those images quite like that before.

Cool, me either to be honest with you.

[JustinTime]

Outstanding!

Thanks A.B.

[JustinTime]

Great pics Justin! I like the GS logo too...

Thanks Eli. Yeah the GS logo turned out nice.

[Frank]

Well done.

DVC

[Landman]

Justin, great pics!

This may be a stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway. Why do the rollmarks stand out rather than being indented? It seems to me if they are pressed and rolled into the metal it would create an indention rather than an elevation.

[clughog]

Pretty neat pictures, Justin. Never would have thought of going in that close. :)

[Rich-D]

Justin, great pics!

This may be a stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway. Why do the rollmarks stand out rather than being indented? It seems to me if they are pressed and rolled into the metal it would create an indention rather than an elevation.

The letters are indented. However the stamping process displaces the metal.
Metal being very dense the molecules are not absorbed into each other. Therefore the molecules being displaced cause the metal to rise around the stamping. Difficult to see with the naked eye, however inescapable under the close up lense of a good camera.


Rich

[Landman]

The letters are indented. However the stamping process displaces the metal.
Metal being very dense the molecules are not absorbed into each other. Therefore the molecules being displaced cause the metal to rise around the stamping. Difficult to see with the naked eye, however inescapable under the close up lense of a good camera.


Rich

Thanks Rich, that makes sense to me now. Is the metal hot when they stamp it?

[daveohno]

Nice pics, Justin. What, no close ups of the rollmarks of those tupperware guns? ;)

[JustinTime]

Nice pics, Justin. What, no close ups of the rollmarks of those tupperware guns? ;)

Sorry to disappoint Uncle Dave. I didn't know you were so fond of the little plastic things. :p

Thanks BTW.

[JustinTime]

Well done.

DVC

Thank you Frank.

[JustinTime]

Justin, great pics!

This may be a stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway. Why do the rollmarks stand out rather than being indented? It seems to me if they are pressed and rolled into the metal it would create an indention rather than an elevation.

Thank you Landman, Rich's explanation is dead on.

[JustinTime]

Pretty neat pictures, Justin. Never would have thought of going in that close. :)

Thank you Creighton.

[dakota1911]

Great macro pics.

[JustinTime]

Great macro pics.

Thanks Dakota.