Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Gunsmithing & Repairs
Bluing? Hot or cold?
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SSG_McD" data-source="post: 4177487" data-attributes="member: 52267"><p>I’ve cold blued a few rifles and recently through an acquaintance have had the opportunity to hot blue a couple. </p><p>Cold bluing is thin and week compared to hot bluing. You can get a decent finish from it if you do the proper prep work. That’s the same story with hot bluing but if you leave a little rust for the cold blue to find it will exaggerate it and it will continue to deteriorate at an accelerated rate. From my experience this alone is a big enough reason to avoid cold bluing an entire rifle. </p><p>Hot bluing requires a larger set up but the quality and longevity is way better. </p><p>If you contact southern gun works in chandler they can get your rifle hot blued at a really reasonable price and you’ll be way happier with it. </p><p></p><p>Either choice I’m glad you’re cleaning up the old gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SSG_McD, post: 4177487, member: 52267"] I’ve cold blued a few rifles and recently through an acquaintance have had the opportunity to hot blue a couple. Cold bluing is thin and week compared to hot bluing. You can get a decent finish from it if you do the proper prep work. That’s the same story with hot bluing but if you leave a little rust for the cold blue to find it will exaggerate it and it will continue to deteriorate at an accelerated rate. From my experience this alone is a big enough reason to avoid cold bluing an entire rifle. Hot bluing requires a larger set up but the quality and longevity is way better. If you contact southern gun works in chandler they can get your rifle hot blued at a really reasonable price and you’ll be way happier with it. Either choice I’m glad you’re cleaning up the old gun. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Gunsmithing & Repairs
Bluing? Hot or cold?
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom