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blueing touch up on rifle

  • 09-10-2012 03:16PM
    #1
    wexfordman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Looking for a bit of advice on bluing.My remy 700, just 1 deer old :-) has a few scratches on the barrell due to the moderator marking it. I've resovled the problem with the mod marking the barrel, but there are a few light scratches on the end of the barrel which I want to get rid of.

    Can I do this myself with a bluing pen, and if so, what type, or is this something that would be better for a pro to do ?

    Regards
    Eamon


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  • #2
    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    wexfordman wrote: »
    Hi,

    Looking for a bit of advice on bluing.My remy 700, just 1 deer old :-) has a few scratches on the barrell due to the moderator marking it. I've resovled the problem with the mod marking the barrel, but there are a few light scratches on the end of the barrel which I want to get rid of.

    Can I do this myself with a bluing pen, and if so, what type, or is this something that would be better for a pro to do ?

    Regards
    Eamon

    Have you any images? Is it really that bad? I find that blueing done poorly looks worse than the scratch itself, just my $0.02.

    If the rifle is a work-gun, I don't think I would bother.


  • #3
    marksman9999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭marksman9999


    If you want top class work done, Try Ralf Neibauer, O'Callaghans Mills, Clare, 06506835825. Had some work done on an old s/s shotgun. Fantastic craftsman, originally worked in Krieghoff. pices are not too extreme for what he does


  • #4
    Robotack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Robotack


    I have a birchwood Casey gun blue touch up pen. It works fine on small nicks and scratches. Personally I reckon you'd want to have wrecked it altogether to justify the cost of re-bluing.

    I'm very particular about my guns too, but at the end of the day it's a stalking rifle. You could catch it on a fence or gate the day you get it back from re-bluing.

    I'd go with the pen for now. Most gun shops have them.


  • #5
    Robotack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Robotack


    In fact I think I saw them on the shelf in Michael Fenlon's in Inch last wk!


  • #6
    Half-cocked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    The most important thing is to completely degrease the area being blued. Use alcahol/ethanol and don't touch it afterwards - your fingertips will leave a greasy reidue which will stop the blue taking properly. Depending on the size of the area, you might need a few coats, wire wooling gently and cleaning between coats.


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