Thanks for the input, Toby. I suspected that the bluing methods were different, but I couldn't understand why the trigger guard had that brown/red undertone. Your explanation makes sense.
Was the problem you had with rust bluing the furniture a matter of experience or is it your understanding that it is innately more difficult to rust blue those parts? In other words, are you suggesting that it is best to just leave the parts alone and accept the difference? Or that, if I am bothered by the difference, that I had better get a professional to do the rust bluing on the furniture for me?
