Kit gun question

[Ceddie]

NO!

Please explain.

 

[Old-Duckman]

If you'll look at factory finished Lyman's and TC's you'll see that the inside of the barrel is the same bright shiny blue as the outside.

But they use a hot dip bluing process not the method that the OP was talking about. When doing a bluing process where you heat the barrel in hot water and put the chemical solution on by a gloved hand and then back into the hot water, you generally plug the barrel with rubber plugs. At least that was the way that I was taught.

 

[Mina]

Totally tubular!

That's rad, man.