Ok I just put on my first muzzle brake, Crome moly, now what should I use to blue it?

I would simply send it to someone and have them drop it in their bluing tanks

I agree with ramrod.

If you are friends at all with a local gunsmith who also does bluing, I'd be surprised if he even charged you for it. I know mine wouldn't charge me. He does that kind of thing all the time.

As he doesn't have to do anything to it by way of polishing, assembly or disassembly, and just needs to run it through his degreasing, bluing, and neutralizing tanks as part of some much larger batch of pieces and parts, it should be a piece of cake.

well after I went to the trouble of turning the barrel down, threading it, then fitting the brake. I sorta wanted to finish it my self.


Next I will make the brake!

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Originally posted by DLH4570:
Ok I just put on my first muzzle brake, Crome moly, now what should I use to blue it?

Since you don't have your own bluing equipment, use Brownells Oxpho Blue. It is as durable of a do it yourself cold blue as there is.

With a bottle of rust blue, and a double boiler to steam the part, in it should be a simple weekend job. That muzzle brake will require periodic cleaning and you need a tough finish that rust blue gives.

bobster;

Can you recommend a brand of rust bluing?

Thanks

I usually rust blue my own stuff but the muzzle brake on my Sako 300 Weatherby was cold blued with Oxpho and it's holding up well. It also matches the QPQ finish on the rifle very closely.

I use Gun Goddess for rust bluing from Half Moon Rifle Shop. It's pretty aggresive and gives me fast results. HalfMoon can be googled; they don't have a web site.

Mark Lee Express Blue is another good brand. It's also a little quicker. You heat it to get it to rust, so you don't have to wait as long between coats.

Plus it's at Brownells.