Robert, great information. At slightly lower than 600 deg., the salts started to turned amber colored, at 600 deg. the salts were a nice amber and everything was liquid. The temperature would not go higherthan 600 the whole time. Doug stated he thought my burner was big enough, but the pan should have been round to cover the burner. I agree with that now.
The quenching in the oil did result in some congealed build up and I just ran it under cold water, didn't work. Heated it slightly with torch and then flushed with water, better. I will try the warm water.
Right now looking for a round pan, and the stainless dog pan like yours might be it.
I buffed the parts using some rouge and the triggers came out nice, the one screw that I made came out good also. The trigger guard, not bad, and I'm not sure if I will do that again. Still have to do the for-end metal and that will be the one part that hopefully will come out good.
I will post the results.
