Working on an old Remington 514 22S/L/LR rifle as a winter project to be eventually used by my daughter.
The barrel was in rough shape with minor rust pitting. The interior of the barrel is in great shape. Experimenting with some wet-dry paper and steel wool, the minor rusting I don't think will be a problem.
I have done some various parkerizing in the past but really don't want to try hot bluing salts for this little rifle. Most other parts are OK and can be salvaged with oil and steel wool. (Except the bolt. It needs a weld touch up and regrind. Someone did a poor fix in the past when the bolt handle fell off...)
I was debating whether to save work and sandblast the barrel down to hide the areas of minor pitting and then cold blue.
I was also thinking of taking my time and doing the proper metal prep procedure of using different coarse papers to smooth out the steel.
How well does cold blue work on entire barrels and small receivers?
Anybody try it over light sandblasting?
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