Best protection from rust?

[Papa]

Muley,
I use the cold blue and clorox method and get a consistently nice gray aged look on my barrels and lock. It's simple, effective and pretty much maintenance free. Can send you some pics if that interests you.
Mark

[Muley]

Muley,
I use the cold blue and clorox method and get a consistently nice gray aged look on my barrels and lock. It's simple, effective and pretty much maintenance free. Can send you some pics if that interests you.
Mark

Pictures would be good, but i'm really interested in exactly how you did it?

[Papa]

Muley,
If you get me an email address I'll send some pics, unfortunately I don't post. The way I do it you will need; PVC tube long and large enough to hold your barrel with a fixed cap on one end and a loose cap on the other. Cold blue, 44-40 if you can get it, clorox bleach, scotch brite pads and 0000 steel wool. Once you have finished your barrel contour and cleaned it up, plug the muzzle and any openings at the breech, wipe it down good with alcohol and try not to handle it. Put a good coat of cold blue on the barrel and put it into the PVC tube and fill the tube with bleach, cover the entire barrel. Leave it in the bleach 25 minutes and when you pull it out you should have a scale all over the barrel which you will scrub off with the scotch brite or steel wool. Once it is cleaned of scale and dried re blue it again and when that coat is dry scrub it back with a new scotch brite pad. If the depth of the aging and the color is not enough you can go back with more blue and soak it again. The 25 minute bath gives it a grayish aged look that I like a lot. It's a simple process that can be done in a couple of hours.
Mark

[Muley]

Thank you. My email is in my profile.

[Papa]

Muley,
looked twice and see no email.
Mark

[Muley]

Not sure why? It's there, and I have the box checked to receive email from members.

petegaimari@yahoo.com

[Papa]

Pete,
Pics sent.
Mark

[Muley]

I got them thanks. 

[Red Badger]

Guy's just a quick side note here:  The reason Pappa could not see your email address is that it does not show.  when you check the box to receive emails from members it opens the envelope icon under your avatar.  you do not see the email address itself.  When you click on the envelope it opens your email and adds the email address for you.

Jim