How to Bronze your stainless barrels

Shotinthedark

Shotinthedark

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I am a hunter ,,,
Not a target shooter or PRS guy , so I tend to not like shiny silver on my platforms
Paint rubs off and scratches easily ...I have a Cerakote set up but need to complete my oven.

So this morning I found myself with some time on my hands (rare) , and was in the shop
giving my new 204 Fastback Solus chassis a paint job getting her ready for the field.

I didn't wanna paint the barrel . but also did not want that silver .

So I decided to prep it with acetone and then proceeded to test a surface area
to see how she responded to the black nitride finish I have , and as it slowly started to burn
I stopped the exposure to the chemical and wiped it down..

I was looking at a gorgeous bronze finish ...and thought ????? why don't people leave it
at that rather than black always ?

I like brown..

So I proceeded to slowly do the same for the entire surface and then stood back and admired it .
I then looked at my 22 Creedmor on the wall with a long bead blasted barrel I had and decided
that a matte bronze would be saweet ....and did that one as well.

Whatcha Think ? I like it ...








Yeah I'm in my slippers and bath robe... ;)
I tend to get up early and wander down to the shop with my coffee
and play with things before the wife starts in about what she wants done
today ...
 

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When stainless barrels and then whole guns began to be the norm, many questioned the wisdom of having that stainless finish on a hunting rifle. After numerous arguments and expressed opinions, someone, I forget who but a major gun writer and co- harts set about testing them in the field to see how much if any stainless spooks game. They expressed great surprise that with the possible exception of the highly polished stainless, game did not react any different to stainless as to blue. I questioned it at the time but 40 years later I can’t say I have ever seen game spooked because of stainless.
 
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When stainless barrels and then whole guns began to be the norm, many questioned the wisdom of having that stainless finish on a hunting rifle. After numerous arguments and expressed opinions, someone, I forget who but a major gun writer and co- harts set about testing them in the field to see how much if any stainless spooks game. They expressed great surprise that with the possible exception of the highly polished stainless, game did not react any different to stainless as to blue. I questioned it at the time but 40 years later I can’t say I have ever seen game spooked because of stainless.
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Well you know the world we live in today everything is vanity so I'm doing this more for aesthetics actually
 
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