Reblueing Winchester 94

[Sverre A.]

My gunsmith have tried to reblue my 94.  He thought he succeed but when he take a cloth with some oil on the frame - it become "silver" again.  Everything else is blue.  He has tried everything his knowledge content about reblueing - and tell me that I have to live with a "hybrid".  He says there are to much nickle on the frame - and that`s why he don`t get it blue.

Someone out there who can tell him how to do it?

[Mikey]

Ummmm, Sverre - what vintage is that 94?  I ask because I have an oldie myself that specifies on the barrel that it is nickle steel.  I'm not sure if nickle will or will not take a blue, maybe someone else can answer that for us but it may be possible to bead-blast the nickle and have it take a blue.

Now for the good questions - (1) are ya sure it's nickle??  (2) if the rifle is vintage mid-late 60s or early 70s, it may not be nickle but the frame may be what Winchester used for steel during that period and I understand the steel was 're-constituted' - that is, it had been used before, re-smelted and re-cast and then machined into the receiver/frame.  Some of those rifles would turn to a purple-ish color when the bluing began to fade.  Nothing wrong with the strength of the steel, just the coloring.  I could be wrong and again, maybe someone else can shed more light on this problem for you.  HTH.  Mikey.

[Sverre A.]

Mid-80`s

[SHOOTALL]

I had one like yours and nothing worked , so we put a black oxide finish on it ,

[Nessmuk#1]

Send it to ultra coatings and have it ceramic coated any color you want.  Fellow by the name of Doug Burch, does excellent work.  He did my custom Remmy 700.

[SHOOTALL]

maybe a 30/30 coated to look like my favorite bass plug !