Steve's new GH

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Carl Erickson Jr

Steve: Your barrels look better than mine-someone has thoughtfully cold blued mine ..... On the other hand they pattern well.

I wonder if Kearcher could remove the cold blue and refinish the damascus. I understand that the cold blue, however; soaks into the barrel material pretty deeply. It is not cheap to refinish those tubes...something close to $300 or maybe more now.

[Dean Romig]

Steve... not quite as "untouched" as you may think - the floor plate screws have been inadvertantly swapped left to right and right to left.

I have always understood that cold blueing will about come right off with steel wool.

[Carl Erickson Jr]

I like my GH. Yes the barrels need to be stripped of blue and refinished, the stock and forend need to be replaced and the barrel is pitted. On the other hand it fits well, the patterns are good and it locks up tightly. At some time I will get the stock and forend duplicated and re checkered but right now I can take it to the range and shoot a round of trap and enjoy myself. I might try to find out the procedure to refinish the barrels, but that will not make the gun shoot any better. If I had a great deal of disposable cash I might be tempted to have a professional refinish it, but until them I will use it and enjoy myself.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Steve... not quite as "untouched" as you may think - the floor plate screws have been inadvertantly swapped left to right and right to left.

I have always understood that cold blueing will about come right off with steel wool.

Oh, I didn't mean never touched by anyone, just not refinished. Yeah, I wondered about those lower plate screws. They are a little boogered. I hate to touch gun screws unless my screw driver fits perfectly. I do have a couple of those gunsmithing screw driver kits.

Not an expert on the effects of cold blue. I do use it however from time to time.