Remington Blue

[David Penland]

Was there a difference between the color of Remington blued guns versus earlier guns? Also should ivory beads be removed before rust bluing and if so how do you get them out? Thanks

[Dean Romig]

There is a difference in the appearance between Parker fluid steel barrels rust blued by Parker Bros. and those blued by Remington. Very likely a difference in method/procedure as well.





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[David Penland]

Would the Remington bluing process be in the Parker Story?

[B. Dudley]

Generally speaking, rust blue is rust blue. However, the subtle differences in the appearance of rust bluing on any set of barrels depends on the steel and also the bluing solution and process used to blue them.

Ivory beads being removed is a question that often comes up. Since most are pressed or glued in, trying to remove them would risk more damage to them than anything.

[edgarspencer]

I have always believed, rightly or otherwise, that Remington barrels appeared darker and brighter. The luster is related to the amount of polishing prior to rusting

[David Penland]

Thanks for everyone’s input. I have a VHE Skeet that I have listed for sale on this site. It has a couple of places on the barrels and if no one shows any interest I will probably reblue the barrels. I agree that the Remington blue seems to have a higher degree of polish than most. I have reblued a set of Webley and Scott barrels that were similar condition to see how close I could come to the blue on the Parker. They actually came out very close and it did require about 9 hours of prep work.

[Tom Flanigan]

David. if it was my VHE and it had a lot of original blue but just some worn places, I would not remove the original blue. There is really no need to. I have had success bluing over original blue. The worn areas take the rusting better and so, using this method, the areas blend in and you still have a gun with the original blue intact but freshened up. I never remove the original blue if it is still remaining and the barrels do not have to be worked to remove serious rust or other imperfections. The less you do to a gun the better.

The lower graded guns and the trojan did not have barrels that were highly polished in the Meridan years. You can see striking marks especially on the trojan. These should remain. Removing the blue and re-polishing removes these marks and some of the originality of the gun, which must be preserved as much as possible.

For some reason I can't get into the sale portion of this site. Please send me an email on the VHE.