recently, I REacquired my first firearm ever. My younger brother had got it, and then my dad had taken it back, yadda yadda, it had been through many hands, some more caring than others. Its a winchester model 370 .410. Over time it had gotten some bumps and bruises (scratches and rust) and I wanted to refinish it. I purchased the Birchwood Casey rebluing kit and their wood refinishing kit. I had heard good things about both and wanted to try them out.
Heres where we started
stripped/sanded wood down to white
stained the wood
also stripped the barrel and receiver using the Caseys rust & blue remover
after many many layers of the cold blue on the metal and tru-oil over the stained wood
Overall the Birchwood Casey system worked out very very well. I was a little apprehensive of an off-the-shelf system but I've been very impressed. I did this about 8-10 months ago and the bluing and the wood finish is still holding very very well with no signs of rust. I would recommend this system to anyone with a "less expensive" firearm to renew. If you have a true collectors piece, although the results of the BC kit are nice, you would be much better served having the parts professionally refinished.
Heres where we started
stripped/sanded wood down to white
stained the wood
also stripped the barrel and receiver using the Caseys rust & blue remover
after many many layers of the cold blue on the metal and tru-oil over the stained wood
Overall the Birchwood Casey system worked out very very well. I was a little apprehensive of an off-the-shelf system but I've been very impressed. I did this about 8-10 months ago and the bluing and the wood finish is still holding very very well with no signs of rust. I would recommend this system to anyone with a "less expensive" firearm to renew. If you have a true collectors piece, although the results of the BC kit are nice, you would be much better served having the parts professionally refinished.
