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 Micky Duck

I contemplated doing the same but decided against it as figured would be crazy front heavy to carry... watching with interest.

I would say the same.
Made mine out of walnut.

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

I would say the same.
Made mine out of walnut.

I have a piece of your walnut there to make one with, just didnt want to waste it on the first stock I built for it incase it wasn't the right shape.
Once its finished and I'm completely happy then I will make one from some of your walnut

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.

VERY impressive!

thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by STC

VERY impressive!

thanks for sharing!

Cheers mate, just itching to get out and put it through its paces!

Originally Posted by 19Badger

What cold blue did you use?

Actually, it was perma blue, not super blue

So, because I get bored easily in the shed and I haven't been able to get it to the range to do some load dev it's time to start fiddling again.

Been a while between drinks on this one, finally made a start on the walnut stock last night.

Slow progress, up next will be drilling the through hole

Man that blows me away! Very clever.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Man that blows me away! Very clever.

Cheers!

The hole for the through bolt is done now, I have started shaping the stock.
I will get a few photos on the weekend once the grip section is done.

Even then side I always thought was the "boring" side is starting to show some promise

I definitely think I'm starting to like the "shit" side more
!