I'm getting ready to brown a barrel with plum brown. I have polished the barrel with 240 grit and am quite happy with the finish. However, this is a used gun, a T/C hawken kit to be exact, and the barrel was never finished.
I removed everything from the barrel but the front sight which is quite stuck. I applied some heat from a heat gun and poured on the WD-40 and tried to tap it out gently with a brass drift. The only thing I succeeded in doing was to mushroom the dovetail on the sight slightly. Must be soft if brass will squash it.
I polished it up the best I could and I believe the browning will hide any slight finishing imperfections but I don't want to screw this up.
Also, should I be concerned with the plum brown getting into the screw holes for the rear sight and the barrel rib?
And do most people brown the hooked breech even tho it can't be seen most of the time?
I appreciate any tips you may have.
Spugnoid
I removed everything from the barrel but the front sight which is quite stuck. I applied some heat from a heat gun and poured on the WD-40 and tried to tap it out gently with a brass drift. The only thing I succeeded in doing was to mushroom the dovetail on the sight slightly. Must be soft if brass will squash it.
I polished it up the best I could and I believe the browning will hide any slight finishing imperfections but I don't want to screw this up.
Also, should I be concerned with the plum brown getting into the screw holes for the rear sight and the barrel rib?
And do most people brown the hooked breech even tho it can't be seen most of the time?
I appreciate any tips you may have.
Spugnoid