Blued my lock

[APG]

Decided to blue my L&R rpl lock. I think it looks better.

 

[deermanok]

Looks pretty good.

 

[kyron4]

Cold blue ?

 

[Tradbow]

Yes looks better to me also

 

[hanshi]

Looks fine to me.

 

[APG]

Cold blue ?

Yes. I used the oxpho blue paste from Brownells. Works real nice. I'll more than likely do it again. I seem do do better the second time around plus I have a bunch of the stuff left over.

 

[Justin.44]

Nice job. It does look a lot better to me.

 

[Hawk54]

Definitely an improvement.

 

[sleepingbulldog]

Looks good. Oxpho Blue is good stuff.

 

[windini]

I like it!
I used Oxpho Blue on a blunderbuss kit barrel 7+ years ago; still looks great.

 

[Winchester97]

Looks nice!

 

[rusty]

Nice

 

[deerstalkert]

Yes. I used the oxpho blue paste from Brownells. Works real nice. I'll more than likely do it again. I seem do do better the second time around plus I have a bunch of the stuff left over.

save the oxpho for the next one......... there will be another you know. they multiply.
i like the look. if you hit it again it may be uniform in color and lose the aged look it has now. i struggle mightily trying to achieve that very look!

 

[Muddly]

Another thing to try for bluing is Laurel Mountain browning. Boil the parts to change to a rust bluing. Have seen several items done so and it is very old school cool.
Quite durable too.

 

[kyron4]

Another thing to try for bluing is Laurel Mountain browning. Boil the parts to change to a rust bluing. Have seen several items done so and it is very old school cool.
Quite durable too.

Plan to do a barrel that way over the winter. Hopes it's as easy as it sounds

 

[kyron4]

Yes. I used the oxpho blue paste from Brownells. Works real nice. I'll more than likely do it again. I seem do do better the second time around plus I have a bunch of the stuff left over.

Thought so, the Oxpho blows away the other cold blues. Looks great!

 

[The Parson]

I think it was the right move to make. Gives it a more “aged” look, not so stark and stands out.

 

[DuncNZ]

I have always poured boiling water over anything I want to cold blue before applying the blue , It seems to work better . I wouldn't blue springs that way though