Degrease the area, dye (Brownell’s product, comes in black or brown) some 2-part epoxy and scrape a very thin layer over it. If you blue it or brown it, it may blend in, maybe get close. Nothing wrong with leaving either.
How would you remove this blemish?
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Birddog1911
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I'm planning to keep the barrel in the white, as it came.
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set the muzzle into a bit of Evapo-rust and let it set for a bit< cupl hours? >. Use a soft brass brush or the 0000 steel wool and rub it off.
wash the end with water and then polish the entire barrel to brighten things back up. put on a good gun oil and you should be fine? the pits will still be there, but the dark color should be gone. a lil paste wax, buffed in, on the end when your shooting should limit the oils in your hands from attacking the metal?? clean and oil after use and it should not become a problem?
btw, The Evap-rust will attack the oxidation but not the metal ( NO METAL WILL BE REMOVED ) if used on a blued part, the bluing will be removed..
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wash the end with water and then polish the entire barrel to brighten things back up. put on a good gun oil and you should be fine? the pits will still be there, but the dark color should be gone. a lil paste wax, buffed in, on the end when your shooting should limit the oils in your hands from attacking the metal?? clean and oil after use and it should not become a problem?
btw, The Evap-rust will attack the oxidation but not the metal ( NO METAL WILL BE REMOVED ) if used on a blued part, the bluing will be removed..
Respect Always
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I would use a flat needle file and draw the file area; you won't get rid of all of it but you can make it a whole lot less conspicuous.
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Naval Jelly and steel wool
Wat others have said. Get the rust off and don't fret the pitting. Sometimes a blemish becomes a part of the story of a guns life.
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Really fine steel wool with oil and elbow grease? BTW, is it a repro or original? That might dictate how you proceed.
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Welding seems like a bit of over-kill. I like what Rifleman and Tremain said.
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Maybe I wasn't clear in my OP. The rust has been dealt with, it's just the pitting that remains. And yes, it is a Pedersoli repro.
You will never be happy with it, from your comments; so sell it!
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How on earth you came up with that opinion, I'll never know.
With the rust gone, you could just think of it as patina. 
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Because it is just a small zit. Not a big deal. If it were larger, I would support your suggestion. Anyway, he obviously is not a MIG welder, so he would have to farm it out. Anyone can take a file with a little care and remove a zit.
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I'd love to have a repro myself having passed on one at auction before the covid thing. Now that the rush has been removed, I'd just leave the pitting, much like they would have out on service in the early 19th Century! A mark of usage, like a battered boxer's scars! Good luck!
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Turn it in to a blanket gun?
As is often said here, it's yer gun do wat ye want with it. Personally, I wouldn't fuss over it.
Give the whole pistol an aged vintage patina & make it much nicer looking.
Can find lots of tips on how to do this on utube.
New looking guns are just safe queens.
Can find lots of tips on how to do this on utube.
New looking guns are just safe queens.
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If the rust is gone for good that's all you need at this point. But definitely oil it well and keep an eye on the spot but don't worry about it.
Anything you do to it is just going to make it more obvious. Sometimes a fellow needs to know when to just leave stuff alone
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With all respect to your thinking, I disagree. When a car has a dent you fix it. If you don't know how to fix it, then I totally agree with you. The OP is asking how to repair it.
Larry
