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Birdhunter50
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Re: Steaming rust blued barrels
10/11/16 01:33 AM

Daryl,
This rifle looks very much like the first black powder rifle that I ever built, it was a .58 caliber Hawken that weighed 13.5 pounds! It was also the the first gun that I rust blued and that was accidental. I had several coats of rust browning on it and had carded carded between coats. I decided to rinse the barrel off in order to stop any rusting before I put a final sealer coat on it. The only water source I had was for hot water in the basement where I was working and was the water heater outlet at the bottom of the water heater.

I rigged up a hose to it and started washing it down, and to my horror, it turned in black. I looked it over and the longer I considered it, the better it looked to me. I decided to keep it black, and that was the most durable finish I ever did on a gun barrel. I hunted with that gun for many years and the barrel finish looked as good as ever when I finally decided to sell it because of the weight. It lasted many years and looked as good as when it was first put on. Bob

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Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	05/11/16 10:55 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	08/11/16 01:05 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	08/11/16 05:07 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	thirdbite	08/11/16 08:14 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	09/11/16 04:18 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Vladymere	09/11/16 07:03 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	12/11/16 01:46 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	12/11/16 04:14 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	09/11/16 08:11 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	10/11/16 01:33 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	09/11/16 08:15 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Dogfish858	09/11/16 10:16 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	10/11/16 01:49 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	10/11/16 03:35 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	metal	10/11/16 05:59 PM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	12/11/16 01:44 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	metal	12/11/16 07:57 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Dogfish858	13/11/16 09:37 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	metal	13/11/16 10:29 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	16/11/16 07:08 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Marrakai	14/11/16 11:23 PM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	16/11/16 07:10 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	dudleybm	06/01/17 09:43 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Dogfish858	09/11/16 10:21 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	09/11/16 11:13 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	thirdbite	05/11/16 12:20 PM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	06/11/16 11:58 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	05/11/16 05:57 PM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	Birdhunter50	06/11/16 11:59 AM
Re: Steaming rust blued barrels	DarylS	05/11/16 05:59 PM

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