CedarGrove357
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I've been researching polishing and prepping a barrel for reblueing for a bit now, and have got quite a bit of tips and ideas scrambled in my head. Hope you guys can lay out some best practices concisely.
Before I get people saying "its not worth the time", I preface this gun is one of my training rifles on which I am learning techniques and material handling for gunsmithing. There is no value to the gun other than garnering experience and sacrificing mistakes.
I have a .22LR barrel from my "training" savage 887 now that is in pretty rough shape which I am going to clean and polish and prep for rebluing. A starting method I intend to proceed with is wrapping the barrel in paper towels and saturating the towels with vinegar to strip the bluing off. After that I start to polish. The condition of the barrel is not too bad, but at some point someone sanded the stock with the barrel on and scuffed the sides of the barrel pretty well. I have a stand alone polishing motor for carding and polishing long stock as well as a standard grinding wheel motor. What wheels and abrasives would you start with to restore the surface of the barrel before bluing?
Thanks for your input!!
Before I get people saying "its not worth the time", I preface this gun is one of my training rifles on which I am learning techniques and material handling for gunsmithing. There is no value to the gun other than garnering experience and sacrificing mistakes.
I have a .22LR barrel from my "training" savage 887 now that is in pretty rough shape which I am going to clean and polish and prep for rebluing. A starting method I intend to proceed with is wrapping the barrel in paper towels and saturating the towels with vinegar to strip the bluing off. After that I start to polish. The condition of the barrel is not too bad, but at some point someone sanded the stock with the barrel on and scuffed the sides of the barrel pretty well. I have a stand alone polishing motor for carding and polishing long stock as well as a standard grinding wheel motor. What wheels and abrasives would you start with to restore the surface of the barrel before bluing?
Thanks for your input!!