How much for re-blueing?

175 or so at epps. starting. can go higher depending on the shape of the gun. lots of rust its gonna be more expencive.
 
Depends on the firearm, how much preparation is required, the desired quality. The prices mentionned are ballpark, but a really first class job could go somewhat higher.
 
It depends on how much there is to blue and how bad it is to start with...

For example - a Remington 700 action and barrel compared to an old Sako Deluxe where every piece is steel (trigger guard, floor plate, etc.) and is highly polished and blued ...

... now imagine the 700 barrel and action are simply worn a bit with no rust pits and imagine the Sako which had a high polish blue is all rusty and pitted.

Probably $150 to do the 700 and $400 or more to do the Sako...

it is all based on the number of hours of preparation, disassembly, cleaning, polishing, polishing, polishing ( did I mention polishing), cleaning, bluing, oiling, cleaning, and final assembly ... the actual bluing process only takes 30 minutes.
 
I had a Browning BAR slow-rusted for $175. It had some bad scratches on the receiver that were removed as part of the prep work.
 
guntech..so the metal is polished before the hot blue is applied? That's the "secret" to getting a really glossy finish?
 
"...so the metal is polished before..." Yep. The quality of the finished bluing depends entirely on how well the steel was polished. It's done by hand with a cloth wheel on a bench grinder and jeweller's rouge. The actual polishing is done after any existing rust is removed. All the hand work is why bluing costs more than Parkerizing or other finishes.
Bluing also costs more due to the nature of the solutions used. It has to be done in a room with no other ferrous metals in the room. If they don't, every bit of ferrous metal will have a hoare frost of rust on it after the firearms are blued. It's usually done in a completely separate room. That alone costs the finishing shop more just to have.
Doing the disassembling yourself(taking the rifle completely apart and sending only the parts you want blued) will reduce the cost somewhat. You pay by the hour for the disassembling. This applies to any kind of refinishing job.
 
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Striker said:
guntech..so the metal is polished before the hot blue is applied? That's the "secret" to getting a really glossy finish?
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Yup... it is all in the preparation on how the finished product looks... the metal would have to be polished so it appears to be chrome plated, then you have to handle it very carefully not to mar that polish. It needs to be cleaned in a hot solution first and then is placed in a boiling solution of chemicals (about 285 to 300 degrees) for about 20 to 30 minutes. After that it is rinsed in cold water and then sits in boiling water for 10 or 15 minutes, is then dried and oiled and left overnight before cleaning that oil off and assembling and lightly oiling with a gun oil. If you did not leave a finger print smudge or any other marks on it, it will look pretty good.
 
Polish it...it's a great way to spruce up old guns...Just make sure you lapp/polish it real fine and wax the metal to keep it looking good.Makes them kind of a one off,i've sold a couple old guns that shined like chrome for more than the cost of a newer equivalent model
 
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