twofewscrews
Member
Hi,
I recently installed a slide action tube on my Maverick 88 because the plastic and metal pinned one seemed iffy in cold weather. After racking the firearm to ensure the firearm worked as it should I noticed that some of the bluing on the magazine tube is coming off. This isn't a major concern as its primary role is home defense and thus, I'm not too worried about rust, but this did peek my interest in bluing. If I do end up re-bluing the magazine tube I'll most likely go the cold route as hot bluing seems to be a much more space (which I don't have) and time (which I also do not have) intensive project. That being said I have a couple of general questions about bluing.
First, I've been told hot bluing is better then cold bluing, is this true? and if so, why?
Second, I understand that if one applied cold bluing to a firearm that was hot blued, the cold bluing will generally be evident, but does this matter? IE it may look funny, but it will still protect the firearm, right?
I recently installed a slide action tube on my Maverick 88 because the plastic and metal pinned one seemed iffy in cold weather. After racking the firearm to ensure the firearm worked as it should I noticed that some of the bluing on the magazine tube is coming off. This isn't a major concern as its primary role is home defense and thus, I'm not too worried about rust, but this did peek my interest in bluing. If I do end up re-bluing the magazine tube I'll most likely go the cold route as hot bluing seems to be a much more space (which I don't have) and time (which I also do not have) intensive project. That being said I have a couple of general questions about bluing.
First, I've been told hot bluing is better then cold bluing, is this true? and if so, why?
Second, I understand that if one applied cold bluing to a firearm that was hot blued, the cold bluing will generally be evident, but does this matter? IE it may look funny, but it will still protect the firearm, right?