Blueing a barrel

[B. Dudley]

The only way to do barrels with soldered joints is Rust bluing or Cold Bluing. However rust bluing is the proper method and will by all means yield the best results.

Rust blued Barrels would have a black finish to them. The type of solution can have an effect on the type of shade. But another thing that will have a big effect on the look of bluing is the polishing.

[Tom]

Thanks for the reply
I have used Brownells rust blue solution, it came out fine but I would rather see a little blue instead of jet black.

Can anyone suggest a different solution to try ?

Thank you, Tom

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Virginia Hessler

I would rather see a little blue instead of jet black.

Can anyone suggest a different solution to try ?

Thank you, Tom

Tom, it's your gun so if you don't want it to look as it did when it originally left the factory that's your choice - make it blue... but its value will be somewhat negatively affected by refinishing the barrels incorrectly.

[Autumn Daze]

Also one thing to remember about reblueing barrels is that the lower grade guns such as a Vulcan grade should not have the barrels polished to a high sheen before bluing.So that as much of the original striking marks as possible remain.