Who does the best blueing?

[vmaxpro]

Im looking to have a gun blued but I want the real deep blueing like you see on some of the european airguns. Can anyone reccomend someone?

 

[rijndael]

The bluing I've seen from APW Cogan looked great.

 

[Prose]

Ahlman's in Morristown MN does a lot of bluing.

 

[nakneker]

Turnbull. Expensive but they do a good job and offer what your looking for.

One other thought, you might want to send Butch Lambert a PM, he is a member here on the forum and owns several nice rifles with beautiful bluing.

 

[Hotshot]

Glenbrook Blue in Glenrock, Wy

 

[vmaxpro]

Thank you guys I will check them all out. Im putting together a savage no barrel nut and Im going to have it engraved in memory of my dad and he really loved deep blued guns.

 

[vmaxpro]

I forgot to mention, do any of these guys do metal finishing or should I polish everything myself?

 

[JRS]

I forgot to mention, do any of these guys do metal finishing or should I polish everything myself?

If you want them to guarantee their work, they will want to perform the polishing also. Gary Reeder does a phenomenal job, but it isn't inexpensive. His Black Chromex finish is out of this world.

 

[Stud Duck]

Glenrock Blue. You can find him at gunbluing.com

 

[vmaxpro]

If you want them to guarantee their work, they will want to perform the polishing also. Gary Reeder does a phenomenal job, but it isn't inexpensive. His Black Chromex finish is out of this world.

That sounds perfect!

 

[JRS]

Black Chromex:

 

[JRS]

 

[BenPerfected]

Has anyone done a dark “blueing” (like the above pistol) on a CF action or barrel?

 

[JRS]

Has anyone done a dark “blueing” (like the above pistol) on a CF action or barrel?

Gary does it on bolt action rifles, lever actions, single shot rifles and semi autos. The customs he builds is not limited to handguns

BTW: The bottom photo is a Ruger GP100

 

[vmaxpro]

Id love to see that in person!

 

[butchlambert]

Most, not all, but most custom bolt guns are rust blued. Turnbull does an excellent job.

 

[Liven The Dream]

If you want as you stated?
The you want Rust Blueing ?
Big Difference from Hot Blueing Done by Most theses days .
Shop well ask Questions!
Rust Blue and fine polishing will cost .

 

[butchlambert]

If you want as you stated?
The you want Rust Blueing ?
Big Difference from Hot Blueing Done by Most theses days .
Shop well ask Questions!
Rust Blue and fine polishing will cost .

You could spend upwards of $1000 for polish and prep.

 

[msinc]

If you want as you stated?
The you want Rust Blueing ?
Big Difference from Hot Blueing Done by Most theses days .
Shop well ask Questions!
Rust Blue and fine polishing will cost .

This is true, they are different. but "fine" or high polishing and rust blue don't really go together. Rust blue does in fact slightly etch the surface some and this is what gives it that very slight matte and very fine little "sparkle" in the metal. There is really no reason to polish any higher than a 320 finish for rust blue because the etch that takes place will set {in a manner of speaking} the final surface finish anyway. Also, more than a 320 finish and rust blue has a hard time getting "started". You really don't want a high ultra gloss chrome looking flawless Rolex polish on metal to be rust blued.
It also doesn't sound like rust blue is what the OP is looking for...rust blue has a slightly lighter blue "frosty" look to it. What he described is a very high polish and Oxynate #7

Edit: I have tried multiple times to upload a few photos of rust blued Parker DHE barrels and a 1911 "civilian" with high polish...but I keep getting a stupid "ERROR, server cant handle it" message. Anyone else having this issue????

 

[JRS]

Robar's bluing is also very nice, with a great guarantee.