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Can you get gum boots with high heels ? Well bugger me, learn something every day

Where,s the fun in that? I wont tell you what I was dressed up in when I did my first ever brew but my wife damn near wet her pants laughing when she saw the outfit

Shit you have made enough af the brew for several hundred shotguns:P I did a 1/3 rd of that mix and have blued 24 rifles, shotguns and still have shitloads left.
You can also just use degreased...

It does pay to be careful when mixing that brew together.

From what I have seen there is only one bluing agent that can be imported to NZ. Most manufactors wont bother as it costs too much to get the proper export licence.
The one that can be imported is...

No idea on the steels but it is definelty not a damascus barrel. With regard to the book on bluing, if it is an American book you will find some older formulae that you can no longer use due to the...

I have a greener shotgun in the shed right now which has a damascus look about the barrels, they arent but just look that way. They will need to be brought back
to the original pattern and this will...

Oh dear, a wee bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and cost heaps as well

I have no doubt that there would be someone out there that would pay for that but its sure as shit not me. Ugly bling

The end result depends on just how much work you do in the preparation and you can get a very nice shine using rust blue if you put the extra effort in.

The quality of the steel used in making a...

Yep, plus I have set of hollow ground screw heads that you buy in a kit. I do make a point of checking that it is the right head for the right screw i.e. no slop at all

All of my screw drivers have been hollow ground and if you want to get some in NZ then go to Outdoor Supplies, they have several different brands for sale

And first you have to make the cutter to do that flat top checkering as you cant buy them. There are ways around that though

Yes to the wet and dry sandpaper and do use it with water and or thin oil as it cuts better. Couple of tips, the use of latex gloves is well worth considering especially if you are doing a lot of...

I was going to say something:) It would be a very oily stock to need that treatment but it can happen. Gun oil has a lot to answer for

If it is a rust blue that you are using then you are wasting your time going to 800, to be blunt the rust might not even take on such polished steel. 400 grade is max and 360 is better.
You only...

You need to be carefull as most of the early shotguns are soldered together and hot bluing get too hot and the barrels fall apart which is not the desired result. If your friend metioned only going...

Yep the first shotgun shown had a loose rib but the customer didnt want to get it fixed and can understand that, as you say it is expensive plus it would have needed another blue job for the barrels....

I dont own either of the shotguns and the work was done in one case for a friend and in the second case for a customer. I think I have completed around 15 shotguns and rifles both bluing and stock...

I have done quite a few shotguns and at present have a Greener in the checkering cradle. The barrels have the look of damascus which are still to be blued but the action and associated trigger guard...