tony-devon Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) had a very good price for having my barrels blacked professionally, and local to me, but timescale etc is a pain. out of interest I started searching online and looking at blacking kits, has anyone ever tried this, and what sort of results did you get? was it hard, I assume that I will have to take the barrels back to bare steel? Im not after a mint perfect finish, just a black finish that will offer protection to the barrels, its worn through in a few places on mine, and would like to tart them up a bit I really wanted the barrels in a silver finish but that doesnt appear to be very easy to obtain. Edited October 19, 2010 by tony-devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 had a very good price for having my barrels blacked professionally, and local to me, but timescale etc is a pain. out of interest I started searching online and looking at blacking kits, has anyone ever tried this, and what sort of results did you get? was it hard, I assume that I will have to take the barrels back to bare steel? Im not after a mint perfect finish, just a black finish that will offer protection to the barrels, its worn through in a few places on mine, and would like to tart them up a bit if you have a good price for a pro doing it then let them do it, re blu-ing barrels is no easy task i tryd it once...never again...what a mess and huge regret!! no doubt many will have done it and made a good job but things like that i will leave to the pros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Have done three barrells now using caseys gun blue and am more than happy,they do a complete kit that will strip all the old blue off the barrells,sounds from what you have said that you would be more than happy with the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 if you have a good price for a pro doing it then let them do it, re blu-ing barrels is no easy task i tryd it once...never again...what a mess and huge regret!! no doubt many will have done it and made a good job but things like that i will leave to the pros Yep, +1. I think you're talking about where I was earlier today and I have a sneaky feeling that they may well do a decent job. I've left my AYA for blueing and for the chequering to be recut. Yep, again, the timescale is a problem but probably worth it in the long run. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony-devon Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Yep, +1. I think you're talking about where I was earlier today and I have a sneaky feeling that they may well do a decent job. I've left my AYA for blueing and for the chequering to be recut. Yep, again, the timescale is a problem but probably worth it in the long run.Cheers the blacker is just up the road to me in Barnstaple, hes off on holiday for a week, then its about 3 weeks apparantly, my problem is that not having the gun for near on a month means I miss a couple of shoots and dont get to go for some coaching with my own gun as soon as I would like going to try the DIY approach as I have nothing to lose then the plan is, if the DIY method isnt any good, to drop them in for blacking before the christmas holiday period as Im away and got a lot of commitments on over that period, will have less of an impact on me time wise the work quality is superb they did a custom LBP barrel for my work that we made, so I would like them done properly, eventually the rest of the gun deserves it, and as I cant afford to replace it that easily, I expect I will have to keep it for a few years to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 The Caswell Kit is good I have used and worked great not hard to use and is a good finish. COSD put up a post of the gun he did awhile back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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