casehardened

case·hard·en

 (kās′här′dn)
tr.v. case·hard·ened, case·hard·en·ing, case·hard·ens
1. To harden the surface or case of (iron or steel) by high-temperature shallow infusion of carbon followed by quenching.
2. To make callous or insensitive.
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Some industrial suppliers offer exactly what's needed: black-oxide-coated, casehardened, flat steel washers, with a tight ID, an ample OD and a generous thickness.
Caption: The rolling-block action (above) is simple, strong and fast to operate.The frames were color casehardened (below).
The steel receiver and lever are beautifully casehardened and hand-engraved.
I can see it beautifully re-blued with a casehardened frame and hammer and fitted with ivory stocks.
And the writer hoped the military authorities would "drop a note" to the Milton quintette and a few of the other "casehardened shirkers" who attend gatherings such as the sports when they should be doing their duty alongside those sacrificing themselves at the front.
The cams, which ride on casehardened axles and sealed bearings, are machined from 7075 aluminum alloy and anodized in one of three colors: black, orange or red.
Also, unlike other High Walls in the Uberti line, which feature casehardened receivers, the Big Game Rifle sports a blued receiver and a ribbed rubber buttpad to help anchor the rifle and absorb recoil.
The Standard version has a casehardened frame, blued cylinder, EMF's brass backstrap and an Octagonal Blued Barrel.
I haven't tried this, but you can apparently have the casehardened parts annealed and then engrave the gun.
With that clownish inversion of reality, he transposed himself into the abused, "casehardened" Dickensian tumbling boy and thus into a parable.
Patently, tectonic plates have moved in the intervening years, but here he was, still holding centre-stage, surrounded by his current six-piece band - all of whom had ample opportunity to shine - and filling the venerable auditorium with that powerful, casehardened instrument and intonation that few vocalists have been able to replicate.
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