My shop wont even blue a beadblasted gun. If we bead blast, we usually parkerize. To get a good blue, parts must be polished to a mirror finish
My shop wont even blue a beadblasted gun. If we bead blast, we usually parkerize. To get a good blue, parts must be polished to a mirror finish
I know dlask arms does blueing it tends to come out dark but you still do see some blue. It all depends on how it was finished. They do 2 types of finish 1 is matte and 1 is polished on the 22lr barrels they make. 1 basicily is just polished on the buffing wheel 1 isn't and it has a much darker finish because of it. Polished finish will give you a nice blue finish. They're both blued finishs at the end just 1 looks like it's black 1 looks way more blue.
If you asked for it to be bead blasted then blued then it comes out very dark that's normal. If you went with polished finish then it would of been blue and shiny.
Last edited by haha49; 04-10-2015 at 12:01 AM.
you really need to post a pic for people to decide if you are right or wrong
Never tried Epps for any sort of gun repair. I would be interesting as to know what type of bluing do they offer and what type you selected? I am with everyone else on the picture thing. You need to include pics
The ones that I have blasted and blued came up flat black.
The final color of the bluing depends on the steel alloy of the parts being blued, and on the bluing salts that are used. It will be a different color or shade on different parts.
When you are one of the largest privately-owned businesses in the industry, you expect to hear both the good and the bad from customers. Take a look through the boards here and you will find plenty of reviews from customers who are more than satisfied with the service we provide on a day-to-day basis. Strangely enough, no one wants to jump on that bandwagon when someone says "Hey, they did great!", yet every single negative review never fails to blow up into multiple-page rants from the same few individuals who decide to contribute to the nonsense.
Charles U Farley: Funny you should post that picture. I overheard the conversation between our manager and this client. He was specifically asked if he expected his firearm to turn out in Smurf blue. His response was a "Yes". Go figure.
I guess we'll have to tell our gunsmiths to a few melted crayons to the bluing tank next time.
Last edited by Harrier .45; 04-10-2015 at 09:19 AM.
If gun owners in this country were truly a threat, do you really think our politicians would have lasted this long??