Asking this question for my brother down in TN.
He has a buddy at work who mentioned that he had a 60's Marlin Lever that's been in his closet for 20+ years. My brother said he'd like to see it, and clean it for him.
When my brother got the gun, he notice there was some pitting on the barrel and asked me about blueing guns. Don't know why he thinks I know a damn thing about it but ok!
The owner of the gun doesn't care to get the issues fixed if it costs him money. My brother OTOH would like to gain some experience by fixing the issues for free.
So my questions are the following:
1) How do you address minor pitting?
2) How do you address MAJOR pitting? (just in case)
3) What is the best blueing kit you can get? (are they all the same pretty much?)
I had told him that if I were determined to fix those issues and was ok changing the stock condition of the gun, I imagine one would sand down the pitting, then weld up those spots, and sand down again. Like I said, I don't know anything about it!
(personally, if the rifling was good I'd try to wrestle gun away from owner for a song and not "fix" the pitting so much as take steps to clean out pits and prevent them from getting worse.)
As far as the blueing goes, I told him I overheard a conversation in a shop down there that (for pistols) the blue the gun and chuck it in a toaster oven. I postulated that the reason why blueing kits are cheap, is that it is a cheap finish. But something in my gut tells me that a hot blueing is better than a "cold blueing" kit he saw.
Any info/expertise you guys can share will be appreciated.
He has a buddy at work who mentioned that he had a 60's Marlin Lever that's been in his closet for 20+ years. My brother said he'd like to see it, and clean it for him.
When my brother got the gun, he notice there was some pitting on the barrel and asked me about blueing guns. Don't know why he thinks I know a damn thing about it but ok!
The owner of the gun doesn't care to get the issues fixed if it costs him money. My brother OTOH would like to gain some experience by fixing the issues for free.
So my questions are the following:
1) How do you address minor pitting?
2) How do you address MAJOR pitting? (just in case)
3) What is the best blueing kit you can get? (are they all the same pretty much?)
I had told him that if I were determined to fix those issues and was ok changing the stock condition of the gun, I imagine one would sand down the pitting, then weld up those spots, and sand down again. Like I said, I don't know anything about it!
(personally, if the rifling was good I'd try to wrestle gun away from owner for a song and not "fix" the pitting so much as take steps to clean out pits and prevent them from getting worse.)
As far as the blueing goes, I told him I overheard a conversation in a shop down there that (for pistols) the blue the gun and chuck it in a toaster oven. I postulated that the reason why blueing kits are cheap, is that it is a cheap finish. But something in my gut tells me that a hot blueing is better than a "cold blueing" kit he saw.
Any info/expertise you guys can share will be appreciated.