Novel approach to badly pitted gun

[silicosys4]

I hadn't seen this approach before.
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I do think if you've got a gun with a finish thats just trashed, this is an option. It also looks like a good way to accidentally completely and utterly ruin a gun.

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[someguy2800]

Neat. I wonder how they protect the surfaces they don't want to etch. I have parts made for my business with electrochemical machining. That is where they apply a plastic masking to a sheet of metal and use acid to dissolve everything else. Its insanely accurate and produces a perfect edge finish.

 

[mgmorden]

Neat. I wonder how they protect the surfaces they don't want to etch. I have parts made for my business with electrochemical machining. That is where they apply a plastic masking to a sheet of metal and use acid to dissolve everything else. Its insanely accurate and produces a perfect edge finish.

Almost certainly the same way - apply a template covering what shouldn't be etched.

I've used this technique for marking calibers on barrels that weren't marked. Its pretty easy to do with a DIY setup if you have a mask (Midway used to sell an etching kit but after buying a mask online I was able to literally make an etcher with spare parts I already had lying around the house). All you need is a DC power source, some wire, cloth, and a block of wood.

 

[Taurus 617 CCW]

If the outside is that bad, what does the bore look like? Not sure the juice would be worth the squeeze.

 

[Bwana John]

I’d rather have rust pitting than acid etching.

 

[Pat Riot]

All it needs now is some two-toned Olive Drab Green and Flat Dark Earth Cerakote and a polymer stock.

Hey! Who threw that?!

 

[hso]

Interesting, but that's a lot of work compared to blasting the surface and coating. None the less, attractive if the goal was lemonade from lemons.

 

[Riomouse911]

I have a finish-worn 1894 Golden Spike commemorative .30-30 my Dad was given in a (poor!) trade years ago. It needs that God-awful gold tone finish removed from the receiver and barrel bands, refinishing, etc. but it will still have the original engraving all over the receiver.

I don’t think this will mesh with that guns’ engraved stuff, but I like the idea.

Stay safe.

 

[CraigC]

As a "lemonade from lemons" exercise, I could get behind it. That particular rifle, I'd cold blue it and rub it back to darken it a bit.

 

[doubleh]

I have a '94 saddle ring carbine made in 1919 that was a gift. It wasn't treated nicely but there is no way I would do that to it. Iprefer it with it's lack of bluing and use scars.

 

[Pat Riot]

I was only half joking above, but long story short, I Cerakoted my Win. 94AE Trapper (carbine) due to rust. A buddy of mine on a week and a half long salmon fishing trip said his styrofoam cooler didn’t leak. It did. My 94 was in a gun rug in the lowest section (3rd row seating foot area) in my Suburban.
I wish I had photos, but that gun was covered in rust. I knew from past experience that removing that rust would have basically destroyed the bluing. I wanted it protected so I Cerakoted it.
I would do that before having my gun etched to create even more nooks and crannies for rust to form.




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