I've an old Hopkins & Allen 12 Gauge single shot shotgun my brother-in-law was discarding. Think he got it in a bunch of garage sale stuff.To say it had been mistreated would be an understatement,the butt stock was rotting off at the bottom,the trigger guard is badly pitted as are smaller areas on the receiver and to top it all off the barrel had been used as a pry bar (probably could shoot around corners LOL). We decided to see if a 50 cal. muzzle loader barrel we had could replace the pry bar and if that worked I'd replace the stock and fore arm.It did and I have.
I'd like to remove the finish on the metal parts(the barrel is blue/black and the receiver sort of faded brown)and replace it with a blue or brown finish.
A problem with this is I don't think all the pits can be worked down on the receiver and the trigger guard would be paper thin by the time I'd smoothed out all the blemishes
Is there a repair material that would fill the pits and be the same color as the surrounding metal after applying the finish?
Would blue or brown be more forgiving in this case?
I know this is a weird project but am retired and having fun ...
Will appreciate any suggestions....
Thanks,
Don
I'd like to remove the finish on the metal parts(the barrel is blue/black and the receiver sort of faded brown)and replace it with a blue or brown finish.
A problem with this is I don't think all the pits can be worked down on the receiver and the trigger guard would be paper thin by the time I'd smoothed out all the blemishes
Is there a repair material that would fill the pits and be the same color as the surrounding metal after applying the finish?
Would blue or brown be more forgiving in this case?
I know this is a weird project but am retired and having fun ...
Will appreciate any suggestions....
Thanks,
Don