Remington 760 Dissassembly Help needed

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Hey CGN team!
I'm excited to have bought a Remington 760 yesterday at the Calgary firearm show yesterday. All the great posts on CGN have directed me to a lefty friendly pump in 30.06. I'll be trying my hand at bluing in the near future but for now I was trying to just tear it down and clean.
I'm stuck at removing the forend grip. Not sure if I should try drifting out the pin harder... so far it won't budge and looks like maybe its not supposed to be removed... It also looks like someone has tried to spin off the end cap with pliers... I also tried just loosening the cylinder with the two drilled holes and a punch. I dont want to get too aggressive until I know if the pinned end needs to come apart. Any tips will be much appreciated! Some photos for reference.
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Thanks for the supportive comments guys. A little penetrating oil and some pressure popped the forend loose no problem. Lots of grease and grime removed... she looks better and cycles nicely. Next step is to get a cold bluing kit... feel free to hit me with some recommendations... besides not touching it... that's not in my nature...

 
Congrats of the successful mission on dis-assembly !

Doesnt look like it needs cold blueing in my opinion, but then again I like to fix things till they break.

I have no experience with blueing let alone cold blueing such large pieces, but Ewe toob and Larry Potterfeild and his channel shows amazing amount of detail for the
in-experienced.

Rob
 
FLHTCUI said:
Congrats of the successful mission on dis-assembly !

Doesnt look like it needs cold blueing in my opinion, but then again I like to fix things till they break.

I have no experience with blueing let alone cold blueing such large pieces, but Ewe toob and Larry Potterfeild and his channel shows amazing amount of detail for the
in-experienced.

Rob
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The bluing on the reciever is very much worn away as its an easy hand position for one handed carry (and theres nowhere to mount a strap...). Also, the pump slide bluing is mostly wornt off. Thanks for the advice, never heard of Ewe Toob but found one of Larrys videos... I'll continue to dig a little deeper. I've got some more buffing and polishing to do before I'm ready to blue but a friend gave me his kit which he used to sucessfully re-blue a complete gun from his grandfather... I'm pretty confident it will turn out fine especially for a garage job... I'd consider a professional hot blue, but Calgary gun shops haven't been able to offer much incite on getting that done... and it has to be quite affordable for me on this job... Thanks again for the comments Rob!
 
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nomad 68 said:
I would consider a coating of some sort over cold bluing. There is air cure stuff available. Cold bluing tends to wear pretty fast.
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I looked into Cerakote (also just saw some beatiful cerakote jobs at the gun show), Shooters Edge wants $300 for a one-color simple job... too rich for my blood. I guess, cerakot is oven cure (like a powder coat) and you mentioned air-cure... Any other coating types you are thinking of besides Cerakote? Or is that the main one?
At this point, I think I'll be happy to just 'patch-up' my bluing as needed on this first try of re-bluing... I'll be sure to post my results... unless its awful... Haha!
 
Ive used Arma-coat successfully on several firearms, incuding 760 & 7600. Have it on my moose rifle and it has taken a beating...and made in Canada.
 
dda140 said:
I looked into Cerakote (also just saw some beatiful cerakote jobs at the gun show), Shooters Edge wants $300 for a one-color simple job... too rich for my blood. I guess, cerakot is oven cure (like a powder coat) and you mentioned air-cure... Any other coating types you are thinking of besides Cerakote? Or is that the main one?
At this point, I think I'll be happy to just 'patch-up' my bluing as needed on this first try of re-bluing... I'll be sure to post my results... unless its awful... Haha!
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you can buy an armacoat kit out of Edmonton I believe for around $80 and it will do at least a couple of rifles. I am told it is pretty durable.
 
I tried cold bluing for years, and was never happy with the results or the durability. It just doesn’t last like the deep hot blueing that the manufacturers are able to accomplish. I finally found Duracoat, years ago, and it did everything that I couldn’t with cold blue. I was unable to find it for a while, although there is apparently a dealer in Canada again, and switched to Armacoat. If you google ArmacoatCanada you’ll find it. Great company, and a great guy to deal with. I think, if you want a long lasting, durable finish for a decent price - learning to do it yourself with one of these products is the best way to go. You’ll surprise yourself with how friggin awesome a firearm can look.
 
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