Local Boy wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 2:01am:

Beautiful rifle Dads Krag!  Nice clean lines and wonderful finish make for a hansom shooting piece. Did you do the bluing yourself or have someone else do it? BTW: "Bubba Gets it Right" might be a fun name for a gun smith shop.

  Yes it is "rust blued". Post #4 has a picture of the 1st rust cycle. I got the desired hue after 4 rust/boil/card cycles. Sometimes it takes more.

It is my 3rd rifle that I rust blued. The 2 previous were 98 Mausers that were extensively "sporterized" to the point of being custom rifles that were restocked, 3-position safeties, Timney Sportsman triggers, the whole 9 yards. Only the action and barrel were retained on one and the other utilized a commercial action with a military take-off barrel.