My nephew managed to rust the outside of his Grandfather's rifle barrel pretty bad. He brought it to me thinking I would help him get it fixed so he would not have to say anything. Following a lecture on taking care of other people's property, responsibility, and integrity I made him fess up this weekend. My Nephew will be paying to have the barrel re-blued.
What I need now is a list of places I could send the barrel or even the barreled action out to be re-blued. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Posts: 513 | Location: MO | Registered: 14 March 2003
I am a bit sympathetic to him, since it can happen to even the best of us. My model 27-2 S&W had some bad rust, my fault due to putting it in the closet of my mobile home just after moving in. Didn't realize it was a real humid spot and the next time I went to get it out I couldn't believe it had rusted like that. Never had a problem before.
That said, Half Moon Rifles in Montana does good work, only place I have used but he was able to reblue the band on my 375 and it looks just like the rest of the factory bluing.
Red
Posts: 4740 | Location: Fresno, CA | Registered: 21 March 2003
Unfortunately the "smiths" in my area are mainly parts replacers. Those that do repair bluing use the wipe on solutions. I was wanting something more durable and nicer than that.
Posts: 513 | Location: MO | Registered: 14 March 2003
I have never had a gunsmith do a complete reblue job so I can't make a recommendation. But you might give Brownells a call and ask them for a good gunsmith. They sell blueing supplies. Hope this helps.
Posts: 72 | Location: Flagstaff, Arizona USA | Registered: 27 November 2002
Im not sure if they will re-finish a barreled action that they havent worked on, but E.R. Shaw does caustic blueing for $80.00. Just dont expect to get it right back. They have been known to be sloooow.
Posts: 10173 | Location: Tooele, Ut | Registered: 27 September 2001
