As opposed to Bluing it??

I have had a few of the locals tell me that they have spray painted chromemoly barrels instead of having them blued and it works out just fine....

I have to question this....

They claim to have used plain old textured spray paint from WalMart... knowing some of the Cheap Dopers around here, I can see it....

a friend who is a VP of a local oil company, tells me that they have customers that spray their homes with heaing oil once a year as opposed to having it painted, stating they claim it resists the rain better and is cheaper than having to paint it...

This is typical of the southern Oregon recreational pharmaceutical industry executives and entrepenuers...

i have done it. only on a "truck gun" so to speak. nothing nice. you use rustoleum in black and you heat treat it in the oven...bakes it on and it's durable and waterproof. you can remove it whenever you want, with gasoline on a rag or paint thinner.

-Matt

I did a pump shotgun with black lacquer, and then baked it in an oven and it lasted 10 years before it started chipping. I'd do it again no problem.

Turn the oven to 250, and when you put the gun in it, just turn the oven off and leave it ovenight. That is important, I took a 10/22 receiver out once while it was still warm and impressed my fingerprints in the lacquer, so now I just let it cool overnight.

Unless the paint is specifically designed for baking, I would just paint it and let it air dry. Look for a good high temp paint like that used on BBQ's. Degrease it with Acetone, or, laquer thinner and mask the muzzle area around the crown. The thing about paint is if you scratch it, you shake the can and hit it again. Protect the bore and keep it lightly oiled between uses.

Just use Krylon. They have some flat camo colors.
If you do not want it "camoed" just paint it one color.
They make a black, tan, brown, and a couple of shades of green.

We have painted the whole gun, stock scope bbl and action. Just tape up what you do not want to paint.

I've been painting Stainless barrels for years with BBQ black matte paint.

I've done it many times to my turkey guns just don't get it on the working parts. I just use plain old flsat back rustoleum. If a spot gets thin, just give it a shot of paint. I've also done it to a Browning bar and blr. Works great but kind of hard to get off. But lacqures thinner works.

Thanks for all the responses guys!

Cheers,
seafire

seafire
If you think you might want to take the paint off in the future just use some kind of bow paint [Bow Flage? or the Hunters Scents brand, might be the same cannot remember] it comes off a lot easier.

We have used some type of stuff that is orange to take paint off of rifles, cannot remember the name of it.

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We have used some type of stuff that is orange to take paint off of rifles, cannot remember the name of it.

actually I have a big jug of that Orange stuff...
the county guys that were seal chipping our road, gave me a jug of it, when I pointed out that some of there tar had somehow gotten slug on the back of my white car, parked in the drive way... it took the tar right off without hurting the paint on the vehicle...

Actually, I was thinking about doing this on an ER Shaw ChromeMoly barrel, after the responses that I got from above.. I have one coming chambered in 223... It will be living a short life in my possession, which will probably see 6000 to 8000 rounds down the barrel in a couple of years...so I will see how it works out...

thanks again everyone,
seafire

There is a flat paint that tombstone makers use for the lettering (after engraving). Its extremely weatherproof and long wearing. I just go the the stonemason's shop and buy a can from him whenever I need it.

black bbq paint... degrease the heck out of it first, get the barrel hot (hang it in the sun for an hour) spray it, leave it in the sun for 2 hours...

no, wait... high NW country?

Bake it to 250, with a black iron wire through it, and hang/paint with black bbq paint.