macadoodle
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Not sure whats involved with parkerizing, but from what I've read it's considered "taboo" to parkerize your enfield, maybe because it's not an original type finish.
Bluing 1917 Lee enfield.
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Not sure whats involved with parkerizing, but from what I've read it's considered "taboo" to parkerize your enfield, maybe because it's not an original type finish.
Sporterized isn't really an original type stock either. On the originals half 90% of the metal is hidden anyways. I just think it would look cool but that is me.
Parkerizing in a nut shell is degrease, media blast, another degrease if not handled properly, plug barrel, dunk in slight boiling parkerizing solution for x amount of time, dunk in hot water to stop process, bake in vasoline or oil up.
macadoodle
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some pics, there was maybe 10% bluing left on this before.
The Brichwood Casey cold blue I applied to a rifle doesn't smell at all after a few months. I did it to a 597 Barrel after some serious surface rust had built up on it after one shooting expedition.
I took off the barrel, used steel wool and then de-greaser, dipped the whole barrel in near boiling hot water, dried it off, and applied a coat of cold blue, wiped down again with 0000 steel wool and a cloth, and did 3 coats in this fashion. When the whole thing was said and done, I put some Hoppes 9 long term storage oil on the barrel and let it sit for a few days... wiped it off, and there was next to no smell, unless you put your nose right on the barrel.
