Plinkin' Logs
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Well I just got back from my LGS which got the Romanian TT-33c Tokarev shipped into from off of Brownells. Lucky me since I am from WA and this is a handgun, I get to wait 10 business days before I can pick it up. It had one weird "issue with the finish.
Normally the barrel is not blue, and is just steel left in the white. Weirdly mine looked like someone took a swab of Birchwood Casey cold blue and tried to blue the ejection port portion of the barrel when they apperently refinished the slide. It looks a little goofy like that as it is spotty and not full coverage of the port, and I know they are not supposed to look like that. I was contemplating using Burchwood Casey Blue and Rust remover, or something similar to take off this weird blued area on the barrel and get the barrel back to factory condition, but was afraid I would acid etch the barrel in the process. I honestly dont know how it came from the factory like that, but it's a surplus so who knows what history it had in Romania.
Anyway, how is best to remove bluing without etching it, or otherwise making it look funky? Will it always be slightly discolored (darker) even if the bluing is removed? Or should I just leave it alone?
Normally the barrel is not blue, and is just steel left in the white. Weirdly mine looked like someone took a swab of Birchwood Casey cold blue and tried to blue the ejection port portion of the barrel when they apperently refinished the slide. It looks a little goofy like that as it is spotty and not full coverage of the port, and I know they are not supposed to look like that. I was contemplating using Burchwood Casey Blue and Rust remover, or something similar to take off this weird blued area on the barrel and get the barrel back to factory condition, but was afraid I would acid etch the barrel in the process. I honestly dont know how it came from the factory like that, but it's a surplus so who knows what history it had in Romania.
Anyway, how is best to remove bluing without etching it, or otherwise making it look funky? Will it always be slightly discolored (darker) even if the bluing is removed? Or should I just leave it alone?
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