Gun finish restoration

I do up alot of old shotguns and I KNOW how much work and SKILL it takes to produce these results. "you are a man who loves his work" I am SOOO impressed with what you have done, and are Able to do. Thanks for posting, I love this kind of workmanship.
 
I can only imagine how heartbroken the owner of that Marlin was! (I didn't know about the styrofoam....)

Great work. Thanks for posting your efforts.

ETA: Nice website.
 
Hello TINCANBANDIT, first I would like to say wow you have inspired me, amazing job on that ruger.
I have my dads old high power service revolver. That after he passed many yrs ago, I inherited the family guns,
one was wrapped in a towel, through humidity over the yrs. pretty seized up.
I managed to tear it down, through some gun shows. picked up some pcs. that were just beyond repair.
I have oxide blasted the frame and slide with great results, but pitting is still as deep as your Ruger , How far can you fine sand and buff before it is unsafe to fire? The barrel should be replace as rusted bad at tip and chamber.
Until seeing your thread, this firearm was just an heirloom that would never be shot and was going to have it decommissioned, cleaned up and framed with his metals and the picture of his 22 (vandoo's) regiment in Korea.
TY for this thread I am going to my safe to take a hard look at the box pcs. and take the first step in restoring a memory of my father.


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Thanks guys, I'll be cruising the gun shows again this year, looking for more un-loved guns
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Thanks for all the compliments

here are a few more

This Colt New Service from 1913 had a cut back barrel (the original was bulged) So I replaced the barrel, removed the pits and rust then reblued the frame, barrel and cylinder with a satin finish and nitre blued the hammer, trigger and screws









you can read the whole story and see more pics of the restoration process on my blog

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2014/07/the-colt-new-service-project-part-1.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2014/12/the-colt-new-service-project-part-2.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/08/the-colt-new-service-project-part-3.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/11/the-colt-new-service-project-part-4.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/12/the-colt-new-service-project-part-5.html
 
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Another one, this started out as a simple restoration of an old model Ruger Blackhawk....it evolved into a custom project, I adapted a brass grip frame from a Colt 1851 Navy pistol to the Ruger frame and then made a custom set of grip panels from bloodwood.





for those that are interested here are all the blog post links for this build:

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/01/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-1.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/02/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-2.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/04/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-3.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/05/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-4.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/06/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-5.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/07/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-6.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/07/ruger-old-model-blackhawk-project-part-7.html
 
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My father-in-law found this shotgun for me at a yard sale for $40, it was spotted with rust, the wood was in good shape though. It is a Remington Model 58 from 1956 (1st year of production). These guns had an engraved scene on each side, a very elegant looking semi-auto shotgun. So I restored the finish, while I was at it I jeweled the bolt and nitre blued the charging handle and trigger pins







follow these links for more pics and details

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2014/10/another-shotgun-project-remington-model.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2014/10/another-shotgun-project-remington-model_10.html
 
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This one was in a house fire, it didn't get exposed to enough heat to damage the steel, but the heat + water + time trifecta caused massive rust and pitting. I was able to save the frame of the gun, I did replace the cylinder, barrel, side plate and some of the internal parts















http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/01/the-phoenix-project-resurrection-of_5.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/02/the-phoenix-project-resurrection-of_22.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/03/the-phoenix-project-resurrection-of.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/05/the-phoenix-project-resurrection-of.html

http://tincanbandit.########.com/2015/09/the-phoenix-project-resurrection-of.html
 
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What kind of buffer and compound do you use? I'm having a hard time getting a couple barrels in a state where I can re blue them. Pitting small amounts and old bluing that just won't come off with 320 grit sand paper. I'm going to invest in some power tools
 
brybenn said:
What kind of buffer and compound do you use? I'm having a hard time getting a couple barrels in a state where I can re blue them. Pitting small amounts and old bluing that just won't come off with 320 grit sand paper. I'm going to invest in some power tools
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I would advise against power tools. If 320 wont touch it, step down to 220 or even 100 grit, also always use some sort of backer (file, piece of hardwood, etc..)

The buffer is a standard spiral sewn and the compound is the green polishing compound from Harbor Freight Tools, I only use the buffer at the end, when the metal is already smooth and free of pits. Also I am careful to not use pressure or linger when around roll marks or screw holes.
 
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