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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

De-Bubbaing Step One

Remember this? The Enfield #1Mk3? I have the correct end cap for it. In fact I have two.















So the rifle is still pretty much blued. These are not. Attempt some of this or not on an end cap?
















I have heard that this stuff is not durable and all that. Let's face it. She is going to get shot next time I get up to Murphy's country and then probably spend the remainder of its life with me in a safe. Plus I LOVE experimenting with this sorta stuff.


What say you? 



8 comments:

  1. It'll work for a while... If you want to play, go play :-)

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  2. Do it.............or go old-school and put black enamel on it.

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  3. If you want it to last, have it hot dipped by a professional. But it will cost you! If you want to see a good re-bluing job, hubby's Browning T-bolt had to be redone because some salt had gotten into the stock.

    Hubby has had mixed results in the past with the cold bluing products.

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  4. Do it. Fun and knowledge in the same packsge - a win-win.

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  5. Negative, use British Ordinance black enamel paint to be historically correct, this paint is available through Brownell’s and others. However, you can cheat a little and simply use non-gloss black enamel paint and few would notice a difference.

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  6. I've used the Birchwood/Casey cold blue kits on to different guns over the years... an old Stevens single-barrel shotgun and a S&W Model 10... I had good results on both, but it took several applications on the S&W to get the results/coloring I wanted...

    Dann in Ohio

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  7. If your gonna just paint 'er try the Rustoleum high-temp grill paint!

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