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Best way to blacken a new sight.
- Thread starter Gollywomper
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Everyone will have their own opinion as to what is best, so here's mine. I have always had great results, on raw steel/iron parts including sights, by using Van's Instant Gun Blue. Degrease well, heat with either a heat gun or hair dryer (not required, but helpful), apply with cotton swabs, oil when done. Easy to do, no odor, long lasting even finish, easily touched up if needed.
Depends on how your barrel is finished. Here are a few parts I've done and the chemicals used. I think Jax is good for a semi-polished look, and rust brown/blue for a matte finish but you can adjust it to be more polished it'll just take more frequent application.
Jax Black rubbed back with steel wool, got a little aggressive on the tail ignore that.
Tracks browning solution:
Tracks browning after boiling in distilled water:
Jax Black rubbed back with steel wool, got a little aggressive on the tail ignore that.
Tracks browning solution:
Tracks browning after boiling in distilled water:
Gollywomper
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The barrel is browned/cerekote. So either black or brown will work. Looks like I need to order a blueing or browning solution?
If the barrel is brown I'd match the sight personally, otherwise it's look mismatched and weird
Gollywomper
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The original setup was black sight and cerakote brown barrel.
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I like to fire blue. heat till cherry red with a propane torch and drop into a pan of oil to cool. It will quench to a beautiful dark royal blue which is pretty durable.
