Magnum Wheel Man
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short of completely re-nickeling a gun, is there anything out there ( similar to cold blue for a blued gun ) that could touch up unsightly "bad spots" on the gun ???
I can honestly live with little spots & such, but if a gun has fairly large spots of dark rust color on the gun, I find that pretty unsightly... even if there was a good way to put the area "in the white" & keep it oiled would look better...I have tried scrubbies & steel wool on to expiriement on some others in not as good a shape, but I end up with working the edges of the nickel too much, I wondering if there is a chemical that will strip the rust to white, without damaging the nickel next to it, & if there is anything that can be applied to the exposed steel, to help it remain as white as possible, maybe even almost match the surounding nickel ??? I have several guns in otherwise "good" condition including this H&R 32, & a 4th model S&W, & a Iver Johnson factory 32 snubbie, that could all "benefit" from lightening a fairly large dark spot or two
as an example, I just bought this old 32 top break, the finish is in a pretty normal "good" condition the only objection I have to the finish, is the big spot on the right side of the barrel, pictured here...
any suggestions ???
I can honestly live with little spots & such, but if a gun has fairly large spots of dark rust color on the gun, I find that pretty unsightly... even if there was a good way to put the area "in the white" & keep it oiled would look better...I have tried scrubbies & steel wool on to expiriement on some others in not as good a shape, but I end up with working the edges of the nickel too much, I wondering if there is a chemical that will strip the rust to white, without damaging the nickel next to it, & if there is anything that can be applied to the exposed steel, to help it remain as white as possible, maybe even almost match the surounding nickel ??? I have several guns in otherwise "good" condition including this H&R 32, & a 4th model S&W, & a Iver Johnson factory 32 snubbie, that could all "benefit" from lightening a fairly large dark spot or two
as an example, I just bought this old 32 top break, the finish is in a pretty normal "good" condition the only objection I have to the finish, is the big spot on the right side of the barrel, pictured here...
any suggestions ???
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