Some of the guns that I have restored/reblued

[TINCANBANDIT]

Here are some guns that I have restored the finish on:


A Star model BM with two tone finish



A S&W M29 that had some missing bluing


A Steyr 9mm


A Ruger Mark I that someone accidentally removed some of the bluing



more can be seen here:

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2013/05/group-bluing.html

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

A Winchester model 60 .22



A Marlin Camp9 Carbine



A Sig P226, I sand blasted the slide then reblued it




This is a Norinco 1911 that I performed a high polish blue on, I sand blasted the top and front strap for a two-tone effect



more can be seen here:
http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-projects.html

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

This was a project that my Dad & I worked on together. This little Winchester served as a varmit gun at a feed store for the better part of 6 decades, it was given to my Dad and we decided it needed a new lease on life









more can be seen here: http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2013/05/father-son-project.html

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

This poor Ruger was left for year(s) in the back of a Jeep that was parked out in the weather. The gun was thought to be junk, but thanks to someone using grease as a lube and a thoroughly leaded bore, the damage was only cosmetic







Here is a picture showing the progress on the barrel





you can see the full write up here: http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2013/08/redemption-for-unloved-gun.html

 

[cc-hangfire]

Thanks for sharing; gorgeous results. I love to see the broken, worn, and neglected firearms given a new life.

 

[OilyPablo]

That in fact is my Camp 9 that I have mentioned in other threads. Bought as a complete basket case. The thing was painted. I stripped the paint and TinCan did the rest.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Cool thread. Got a photo of your bluing outfit - gear, not clothes?
Try some outdoor natural light photos with a couple for comparison's sake.

 

[Ctwilly49]

Do you do Humans?

 

[4v50 Gary]

Nice bluing.

On that pump action 22, do you still have the original wood? It can be lightened up with soap and water. I did that once with a vegetable based soap and from a dull black the grains could be seen again. Then I applied some linseed oil and finished off with Johnson paste wax.

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

The original wood on the 1906 Winchester pump was Gumwood, very soft, it was so worn down that it didn't look like it fit the gun anymore, plus it was littered with dings and dents, deep enough that steam would probably not raise them

Here is a blog post on how I do my bluing: http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-i-blue-guns.html

Also the process of prepping the guns: http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-new-start.html

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

Here are a few more

This is a little Colt Police Positive .22, about the size of a J frame S&W



This Dan Wesson .357 had been painted or duracoated, the owner was not happy with the painted finish and asked me to restore the blued finish. I have never seen gun steel so resistant to sand paper



This was one of the 1st guns I restored, I had not started Hot Salts bluing yet, so I cold blued it, it turned out pretty good for cold blue



This was a brand new in the box Marlin 1894 Cowboy .357. The original buyer had put the gun away when it was a humid day or when the surface was wet, the styrofoam box created some nasty cancer

 

[carbine85]

You do some nice work. What method are you using to fill in the metal?

 

[rondog]

Nice work! Where are you located?

Oh, don't use a white background for photos. White messes with the light meter in cameras and makes the photos come out darker.

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

you can't "fill in" the metal, you must sand the high spots down until everything is level and smooth again

here is another one I did, this is a 1956 vintage Remington model 58







you can see more pictures and the process here:
http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/10/another-shotgun-project-remington-model.html

http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/10/another-shotgun-project-remington-model_10.html

 

[OilyPablo]

Pretty darn nice!

 

[rangervoss]

Very nice. Did you have to draw file some of the worst spots? Or just use gritty sand paper?

 

[4v50 Gary]

How did you repair the cracked shotgun stock? I had to repair a poorly repaired Browning 22 once.

 

[CLP]

How did you repair the cracked shotgun stock? I had to repair a poorly repaired Browning 22 once.

The checkering is different. Looks like he replaced it.

 

[4v50 Gary]

By golly CLP, you're right.

 

[rondog]

Are you in the Denver area TCB? I used to own a Sportsman 58 that was rusted exactly like that one. Had to sell it, was wondering if it might be the same one!

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

I live outside of Seattle, the shotgun stock in question was too badly broken to repair, I replaced it with one I found on ebay

Here is another project I completed last year. I bought this sporterized Arisaka with a box of Hornady ammo for $35...I couldn't say no. So I worked it over and tried to clean it up a bit











you can read more here: http://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2014/09/sporterized-arisaka-redux-part-5.html

 

[Jim Watson]

How strange.
I have never seen an Arisaka with a Springfield type cocking piece; all I am familiar with have the huge chrysanthemum cocking piece/safety. Part of the sporterizing, apparently.

 

[carbine85]

What are you using for the blue?
You can fill in the metal pits. I have seen examples where the metal is tested, tig weld with matching material, hardened as needed and re-blued.

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

That was done by the 'smith who sporterized the gun originally. The Arisaka and the Springfield 1903 are both Mauser copies, so the mixing of the two bolts was probably not that difficult

 

[TINCANBANDIT]

What are you using for the blue?
You can fill in the metal pits. I have seen examples where the metal is tested, tig weld with matching material, hardened as needed and re-blued.

I use the Hot caustic salt method, filling in pits with tig welding may or may not work depending on the condition of the metal in the pit, also the bluing will probably not match :

Here is a Ruger MKII that I blued, someone welded up the scope mounting holes and the weld blued a purple color (nickel in the welding rod)