I am in the process of stripping, and browning, the little Crockett .32 after BrownBear posted the pics of the one he redid. I had read about mixed results with Birchwood Casey Plum Brown and that is what I had on hand...Well, the barrel off of my New Englander 12ga would fit in the oven so heating it wasn't an issue, I decided to go ahead and try that one before messing with the longer Crockett barrel.
I stripped everything down this morning, got 2 coats of Brown on everything and just finished putting it back together. I didn't snap any before pics, but there are a couple of it on my squirrel thread in the hunting section. It looked just like any other blued New Englander.
I did learn a few things on this one, and have a few spots that aren't perfect. I learned that if you have any water spots on the barrel they get really dark when the Brown is applied. I also had some bluing remain in some little hard to get spots and the browning didn't take to well there either.
All in all, I am very happy with the way it turned out for a first time job and I do like the looks of it better than before. I hope the next one turns out better!!! After doing this one though I am going to place an order for some of the LMF Browning agent to negate the process of having to heat the metal parts up. I am still undecided on doing the Crockett barrel with the Plum Brown since I'd essentially have to heat it up with a torch since it won't fit in the oven. I don't know if I could get a consistent heat, and if I didn't, I don't know if the finish will be even? Just thought I'd share a few pics and if anyone is wanting to try it, it's not that hard off a project. Brad.
The lighting wasn't the greatest and it really has a nice deep color to it.
I stripped everything down this morning, got 2 coats of Brown on everything and just finished putting it back together. I didn't snap any before pics, but there are a couple of it on my squirrel thread in the hunting section. It looked just like any other blued New Englander.
I did learn a few things on this one, and have a few spots that aren't perfect. I learned that if you have any water spots on the barrel they get really dark when the Brown is applied. I also had some bluing remain in some little hard to get spots and the browning didn't take to well there either.
All in all, I am very happy with the way it turned out for a first time job and I do like the looks of it better than before. I hope the next one turns out better!!! After doing this one though I am going to place an order for some of the LMF Browning agent to negate the process of having to heat the metal parts up. I am still undecided on doing the Crockett barrel with the Plum Brown since I'd essentially have to heat it up with a torch since it won't fit in the oven. I don't know if I could get a consistent heat, and if I didn't, I don't know if the finish will be even? Just thought I'd share a few pics and if anyone is wanting to try it, it's not that hard off a project. Brad.
The lighting wasn't the greatest and it really has a nice deep color to it.