Keeping JAX Black out of barrel ?

[Buff1958]

What do y'all do to keep the chemical out of the inside of the barrel when staining it?

 

[Pete G]

You don’t dip the barrel, you just wipe the finish on the outside.

 

[TDM]

I rest the muzzle on a shallow plastic serving tray that I keep for that purpose. Wear laytex gloves to avoid skin oil, hold by the tang and apply. I use a piece of old t-shirt initially, then switch to 0000 steel wool to blend.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

I plug the muzzle of the barrel with a dowel that I put a taper on and tap it in a bit. Plug the flash hole or an old nipple with a toothpick or skewer. The stuff scrubs out pretty easy so some in the bore isn't the end of the world. So long as you deactivate any that got into the barrel with the rest it won't hurt anything. Somone pointed out that a-lot of hot dip chemical blued barrels are done inside and out not too long ago, and the bluing wears out of the bore in short order when put in use.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

A cork.

 

[ZUG]

I use to plug my barrels and touch hole when I rust blued them. I find it is not necessary. Any rust bluing solution will not harm the bore when the barrel is washed, cleaned and oiled.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

I was going to ask along the same lines as ZUG.....what harm will it do when your shoving lead and powder down to obtain an explosive discharge?

 

[M. De Land]

What do y'all do to keep the chemical out of the inside of the barrel when staining it?

Why blue or brown a muzzle crown anyway as it will soon be scrubbed off by loading , patch cutting or cleaning ?