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    Specks of blood on rifle blueing

    Got a couple of small splashes of blood on my rifles blueing and its stained the barrel, any suggestions to remove the marks, I take it, its a case of strip and reblue it?

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    Blood will remove gun blacking.
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    if you do need to re blue, send the barrel to


    Colin Molloy Firearms Restoration
    470 Oldham Road
    Hailsworth
    Manchester
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    0161 681 7947

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    My shotgun had blood on the barrels . And it's removed the bluing. Was before I bought it . Took the shotgun to a shop when I thought about trading it in and the RFD said it was blood from pheasant 's. He knew my boss who I had bought it from and he had sold the gun when new to my boss.

    Yep , it removes bluing https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nwdryoca0...41732.jpg?dl=0

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    Quote Originally Posted by 12/200 View Post
    if you do need to re blue, send the barrel to


    Colin Molloy Firearms Restoration
    470 Oldham Road
    Hailsworth
    Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    M35 0FH

    0161 681 7947
    It's Failsworth, not Hailsworth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 12/200 View Post
    if you do need to re blue, send the barrel to


    Colin Molloy Firearms Restoration
    470 Oldham Road
    Hailsworth
    Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    M35 0FH

    0161 681 7947
    i think the address has changed. not sure of phone number i have sent work to colin in last 6 months this is the address and phone i used. the smithy 2 crown st failsworth manchester m359bd. tel 07565582549
    Last edited by Telephonepete; 20-05-2017 at 01:55 PM.

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    take the blood spots off with crocus paper then re blue the spots with bisley bluing.then oil.
    next time make sure the rabbit is killed properly so you dont get blood on the barrel.
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    Do those few specks actually matter - surely they're part of the rifle's history?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rabbitwrecker View Post
    Do those few specks actually matter - surely they're part of the rifle's history?
    My shotgun is a 1989 made model if I remember right and there is a fair bit of the bluing damaged by the blood.

    I cleaned it with acetone and used Philips bluing gel on it. And that is the result in my pic. Unless the light is in the right angle you don't see it.

    It's an old gun and as you say it's part of its history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rabbitwrecker View Post
    Do those few specks actually matter - surely they're part of the rifle's history?
    Yeah. Most of my girlfriends work on that very same principle
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    Now we know how to strip old bluing .

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