This summer I decided to try my hand at restoring a firearm. I purchased a pathetic Eastern Arms coach gun to make all my mistakes on. LOL! I have just about finished. Here's my question. After reading several posts on AR, it seemed appropriate to bead blast the barrels before applying the Cerakote. I am fairly new to my town and took it to a very reputable gunsmith. Walking into his shop I could see why. The elder gentleman had, and I am NOT kidding, close to five hundred shotguns and rifles lined up for gun smithing. So, it came as no surprise, that after two weeks, my work order is not in sight. He did say that he plans to do a group of guns at one time.
Question: Is there a Plan B out there? I perfecto understand the gun smith's predicament and maybe this is par for the course in gun smithing. However, would it be rude to take it somewhere else? I was surprised (I probably should add a few pics) at how well I
was able to buff out scratches and tarnish and get an almost stainless steel look to the breach. Can I do that with the double barrels? It did take a LONG time to get that finish. As you can see, I am a total novice at this.
Oh, one more thought. As I removed the original stain varnish, I was surprised and pleased to see it had an ash butt stock. I decided to just put a neutral stain and then a half dozen coats of polyurethane, lightly sanded with 0000 steel wool. Now I am wondering if I should forget the Cerakote (Coyote Brown), and just blue the barrel. I've only blued one other barrel and it seemed to take forever to do that and it still seemed way too light. Again, coulda just been me.
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