I bought a Remington 722 in .244 Rem a few years ago that’s cosmetically in nice shape. The man I bought it from had used it for gophers and probably shot a million of them looking at the throat and bolt face.
The barrel is toast so I’m going to replace it with a matte stainless Hart in either 243 or 257 Roberts. The receiver bluing isn’t too bad but the bottom metal has suffered over the last 65 years so I’m going to get all that reblued.
I haven’t discussed this project with my smith yet but I know the only refinish he’ll do is Ceracote or parkerize and neither of those is acceptable to me. So the question is, who does the hive recommend to do a simple factory-level reblue on the action/bottom metal that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? Say $150-$200.
The barrel is toast so I’m going to replace it with a matte stainless Hart in either 243 or 257 Roberts. The receiver bluing isn’t too bad but the bottom metal has suffered over the last 65 years so I’m going to get all that reblued.
I haven’t discussed this project with my smith yet but I know the only refinish he’ll do is Ceracote or parkerize and neither of those is acceptable to me. So the question is, who does the hive recommend to do a simple factory-level reblue on the action/bottom metal that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? Say $150-$200.