Gun finish restoration

TINCANBANDIT

TINCANBANDIT

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Hey guys, I'm new here. I just wanted to see what others have done in regards to restoring old, rusty firearms. I have been doing this for a while now, the last few years I have been teaching myself the art of hot salts bluing.

Here are some of the guns I have reblued

This little Colt was in pretty bad shape when I started, the after picture does not do it justice



you can see the full write up and more pictures here: http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/05/next-project-guy-brought-me-this-dan.html

Here is my Ruger Super Blackhawk, I do not have before pictures as I forgot (the finish was pretty good to start with anyway)



A Winchester Model 60 .22 bolt action


Here is a H&R single shot 12 gauge that I cut the barrel down and reblued, you can see the difference between the oem finish and my reblued finish
 
Here is a 16 Gauge bolt action shotgun that I refinished the walnut stock



http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/06/stock-refinish.html
 
my friend's Sig P226, the slide has some minor rust and the barrel had major wear, I sandblasted the slide and reblued it. looks like black parkerizing


This one belongs to a friend, he had cleaned the gun with some sort of solution that removed the bluing

Same thing happened to this awesome S&W model 29


here is a Dan Wesson that I removed some duracoat and reblued back to its original colors


see the full write up and pics here: http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/05/next-project-guy-brought-me-this-dan.html
 
This is a Marlin Camp Carbine



A Steyr 1912 9mm



Star model B, the owner wanted a two tone look like the Les Baer 1911s



I did the same thing with this Norinco 1911



Here is a shotgun that I restored awhile back, took forever to find the right stock

 
Here is a Marlin 1894 Cowboy rifle that had been left in its original Styrofoam container (please do not do this, I have seen more than a few guns rust in styrofoam). The owner tried to fix the rust, but the cancer had caused some pretty deep pitting. Keep in mind this gun was new, never fired....

here are the before shots


 
I removed the rust and pits using a file, then moved to sand paper, then a bit of buffing (mainly on the receiver). The barrel received a 600 grit finish, while the receiver is closer to 1200 grit.



here is the receiver ready for re-blue

I then readied my bluing tank, I use a formula involving Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Nitrate and Distilled water

once removed from the bluing tank, I rinsed with clean water, then soaked in oil for 24 hrs

here are the before and after pictures, looks pretty good, almost as good as new...



see the whole write up here: http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/05/a-new-start.html
 
after dis-assembly, I de-greased the gun and used Naval Jelly to remove the rust



I then used the wire wheel to remove the scale to see what we have to deal with.....it is worse than I thought

 
Here it is after the 1st pass on the buffer, some of the pits will remain (they are too close to the roll marks to remove). Also I plan on sand blasting the top of the barrel/receiver as well as the ring at the front site





the parts are ready for bluing
 
before & after shots



you can see additional hi res pictures and the full write up here: http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/08/redemption-for-unloved-gun.html
 
This is my latest project, This gun started life as a varmit getter at a feed store in downtown Renton sometime in the late 20's, it was retired in the mid 70's and given to the truck driver who delivered feed to local farms. This truck driver was a friend of my Fathers. My Father asked if we could restore the gun, so we took about finding new walnut stocks (to replace the worn out gum wood) and refinishing the steel as well as fixing the mag tube mounts.

See the full write up on my blog here: http://tincanbandit.########.com/2013/05/father-son-project.html


 
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