RE: Re-blueing
Birchwood Casey has worked well for me.
Remove the barrel from the stock.
Clean it, clean it, clean it, clean it... Any Questians?!?! I use very fine steel wool and wd40 and LOTS of elbow grease.
Rub down the WHOLE thing with Alcohol to remove any oily residue. At this point I wear latex (dry) gloves so that not ONE FINGER SMUDGE CAN TOUCH THE BARREL!
Preheat your kitchen oven to 300-320 degrees. place barrel inside for 30 minutes to 45 minutes (depending on thickness of barrel wall).
Ok, now here's where you gotta move fast... remove HOT barrel with thick welders gloves (CLEAN WELDERS GLOVES!!).I hold a piece of VERY CLEAN COTTON between the welders gloves and the barrel because most leather welders gloves have an oil residue... SPONGE (dab) on the Birchwood Casey blueing. DON'T rub it up and down the barrel. Some guys rub the stuff on. I always had trouble with "streaks" in the blueing when I did this.
place barrel back in stove heat again. repeat blueing. repeat heat. repeat blueing, etc.
I like 4 or 5 coats of blueing on the barrels... it makes them glow like nobodys business!!
let the barrel cool off COMPLETELY. wash with warm water. dry barrel completely. rub down with YOUR favorite gun oil...(Rem-oil, CLP breakfree, hoppes(don't like this one personally), etc.)
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