Instead, let’s run through the CliffsNotes. The classic, and arguably least effective, way to coat steel shotgun components is with a black oxide finish, better known as bluing. There are multiple ...

To touch up a worn spot of bluing on your gun—such as holster wear on a revolver, or around the ­ejection port of a shotgun—apply a light coat of cold bluing, such as Brownell’s 44/40, with a cotton ...

In years past, there was a “Henry Ford attitude” about refinishing the metal on a gun. You could have anything you wanted as long as it was bluing. Today’s hobby gunsmith has a much wider ...

One of the most common is: “How do I remove rust from my gun without disturbing its original bluing?” The answer is simpler than you might think. First, fieldstrip the firearm, removing the ...

When they talk about guns, they don’t get into describing graceful lines, tight grain wood or immaculate bluing. At gun stores today what I hear praised is firepower that comes out of black ...