Thread: 5.6x57 single shot project

There was plenty of surface rust on the action and remains of the shotgun barrel so I was going to paint the metalwork with black etch primer, but decided to give cold blueing a go.

Stripped and sanded the action:



Then blued the action and trigger guard:



Then I stripped, sanded and blued the barrel:



I am pretty happy with how it came up, although I am going to redo the action

Originally Posted by makka

There was plenty of surface rust on the action and remains of the shotgun barrel so I was going to paint the metalwork with black etch primer, but decided to give cold blueing a go.

Stripped and sanded the action:
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Then blued the action and trigger guard:
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Then I stripped, sanded and blued the barrel:
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I am pretty happy with how it came up, although I am going to redo the action

What cold blue did you use?

Originally Posted by 19Badger

What cold blue did you use?

I used birchwood casey super blue.

I ended up taking the engraving off the sides of the action to clean it up a bit, still needs a bit more blue I think.

Originally Posted by 19Badger

What cold blue did you use?

Actually, it was perma blue, not super blue