First of all, if you are "not interested in artificially aging a gun", and "don't know why anyone would do such a thing," you are free to move along. I'll wait....
Okay. For those who know something about this, I have come into possession of a Stoeger/Uberti "Hombre" in .45 Colt. It has the matte black finish but the cylinder is starting to rust on one side, and I hate the flat black finish on SAAs anyway, so I'm thinking of "aging" it similar to that in this thread:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/antiqued-uberti-hombre.659204/
Has anyone come up with a better-looking method, or maybe a chemical removal of the finish? I don't care about durability of the remaining finish of the gun. It'll be a range toy and kept wiped with an oily rag. According to the thread above this finish is bead-blasted and then blued? is that accurate?
Any tips or recommendations before I dive in with some steel wool?