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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Stilly bay on May 08, 2013, 09:30:19 AM

Title: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: Stilly bay on May 08, 2013, 09:30:19 AM: Im looking for an inexpensive way to make a tank for rust bluing some shotgun barrels. Im not planning on doing caustic, so really all it needs to be able to do is boil water.
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: MagKarl on May 08, 2013, 09:52:41 AM: I rust blued my muzzleloader barrel using Laural Mtn. Forge browning solution, boiled water on my camp stove, and used a piece of ABS drain pipe with a cap for the tank. It worked fine without boiling in the tank. Just cut a piece of pipe a few inches longer than the barrel, cap one end, then stand it up and put the barrel in. Pour in the boiling water and pull it out when it cools. Worked great.
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: high country on May 08, 2013, 10:01:49 AM: They are only about $50 to buy new. Fill it with stump remover and make sure your only insert DRY parts.
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: Stilly bay on May 08, 2013, 11:48:48 AM: Quote from: high country on May 08, 2013, 10:01:49 AM
They are only about $50 to buy new. Fill it with stump remover and make sure your only insert DRY parts.

please elaborate... Im just starting to scratch the surface on all this.

I also was wondering how you keep the bores from rusting during this entire process?
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: MagKarl on May 11, 2013, 08:44:40 AM: Grease the bore well and then plug the openings.
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 08:03:57 PM: due to my dumbness but what does diy mean? mike w
Title: Re: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: BsB on May 14, 2013, 08:06:41 PM: Quote from: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 08:03:57 PM
due to my dumbness but what does diy mean? mike w
" Do it yourself"

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Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 08:12:29 PM: bsb, i thought diy was bad but dont try to tell what nexus and tapapapatalk is. i am an old fart that dont know the new age, i used slide rulers in college. mike w
Title: Re: DIY gun bluing tank
Post by: KFhunter on May 15, 2013, 11:19:18 PM: Quote from: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 08:12:29 PM
bsb, i thought diy was bad but dont try to tell what nexus and tapapapatalk is. i am an old fart that dont know the new age, i used slide rulers in college. mike w

Mike it just means he used a cell phone to post that message instead of a regular computer.