blueing mottled?
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Waterford, MI.
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blueing mottled?
I have a T/C Omega w/ blued barrel, shot it about 2 weekends ago cleaned it well and put it in my gun safe. When I took it out tonite I noticed the blueing was mottled on the top of the barrel about 6" back from the muzzle (looks as if the blue faded and you can see light and dark patches). Has anybody had or heard of blueing problems with T/C or any ideas of what may have caused this.
#2
RE: blueing mottled?
Never heard of a Thompson Center having bluing problems. Actually they have beautiful rifles from my experience. I would give them a telephone call, explain your observations, and see what they suggest to fix this problem..
#3
Fork Horn
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RE: blueing mottled?
Figured it out, just a case ofmy own stupidity. Each time I reload I set the barrel against the shooting bench. I looked at my buddies who does the same thing and low and behold he has the same marks on his. So T/C is not at fault it's just me, so I guess I will clean it up, patch blue it and start using a rest for reloading.
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: blueing mottled?
thats good question.will a hair dryer get barrel warm enough?i have friend that heated barrel 7 times with torch andblueing you get from birchwoods.it looked real good.i dont think hair dryer will get barrel hot enough ,i could be wrong on that. maybe someone could chime in.
#7
Fork Horn
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RE: blueing mottled?
I have used a hair dryer to heat receivers enough to seat a barrel and have done quick patch blue jobs using a good hair dryer without a diffuser. Usually gets it hot enough you don't want to grab the area you were heating.