Originally Posted by
charub
I have a really nicely behaved HW80 that has been sleeved by vmach several years back.
It is a gorgeous rifle to shoot but the metalwork is looking a little tired.
I can’t reblue as it could compromise the glue used to sleeve it.
Is there an alternative that i could use that would be a gentler process? I’m guessing maybe cold rust bluing may work. What about cerecote?
Just get it re blued, the salts won’t affect the loctite holding the shroud on, even if they did it's no issue to glue it back on.
Shaun
Was it worth the trouble, Ah, what trouble