Glossy black coating on Single Six barrel

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nicktulloh

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Does anyone have any idea what this apparently painted on (at night in a thunderstorm), glossy black coating might be?

I bought the revolver anyway since it doesn't seem to impair function, just looks like crap.

I'd like to remove it and start over.

Thanks in advance.
 
nicktulloh":6m5qqz4s said:
Firsttimegrampa":6m5qqz4s said:
All I can see in your post is black and white lettering. Post a picture of your gun and it will help alot. At least for me. :lol:

Everyone's a comedian ... :)

http://sites.google.com/site/nicktulloh ... single-six

Barrelblacking1.jpg
 
Yuck, looks like someone just hand painted your gun :( . Regular enamel paint? Hard to tell .... but it does need to come off ... for sure :) .
 
I helped out you image posting a wee bit.

I see where the muzzle was covered with a piece of tape prior to painting!! :shock:

You need to find a paint remover that won't attack the bluing underneath, if indeed there is any bluing underneath.

JMHO,

flatgate
 
Me thinks it was an attempt to hide that solder-job that some plumber did on the front sight......which AINT going to take bluing.

Looks like a good candidate to be redone by a proper shop.

Or just shoot it like it is. The target never cares what the gun looked like anyway.....huh?

DGW
 
So - whatever it is was sprayed on - and it is tough.

I tried Naptha, Thinner, MEK and about 7 other compounds and finally resorted to brake cleaner which moved it enough to rub it off.

The bonehead must have masked the frame and put that piece of tape over the muzzle and then let fly, but not until he rough sanded the barrel. The ejector rod is painted on one side.

At least it's off. Now I have to figure out what to do with it.

Weird thing is that this is a 2009 gun and the rest of it, the grips and everything, is pristine.

What an idiot.
 
.... and ....

there are about 25 misstrikes all around the cylinder.

These are supposed to have a three digit number etched into them, this one doesn't have any number (the unused mag cylinder matches the frame). Anyone seen one with no number before/
 
Vinegar will remove bluing on some guns if it is allowed to soak for a period of time. You can polish the revolver with 3M pads, followed by steel wool of various grades, or bronze wool to shine it up. Brownell's have some very good cold blue for the process.

To get a good hot blue job will cost more than the price of the used revolver.

The one who did that paint job to this gun needs a backhand up beside the head! :x
 
The .22LR cylinder probably wouldn't have the number on it, just the Magnum cylinder.

And those "misstrikes" are probably the result of some cowboy "fanning" action. Not a good sign, but right in there with the "paint job".

Good luck with your restoration.

:D
 
Looks like a good project gun, for sure.

Some folks just have no idea how to properly take care of a nice firearm. Whoever had that gun before should have saved a bit of cash and just bought a Rough Rider...or a capgun.

Daryl
 
Ale-8(1)":1myxwecv said:
The .22LR cylinder probably wouldn't have the number on it, just the Magnum cylinder.

And those "misstrikes" are probably the result of some cowboy "fanning" action. Not a good sign, but right in there with the "paint job".

Good luck with your restoration.

:D

Thanks, I thought both should have had the numbers.

I hadn't thought about the fanning possibility but that would make sense.

It just amazes me that this thing is only about 6 months old.
 
Re: fanning . . .

Take a real close look at the bolt itself and the bolt notches in the cylinder. If the gun were extensively fanned, you might see some wear there. In addition, the pawl and the ratchet notches could show some abuse.

:D
 
Ale-8(1)":1hm86rw5 said:
Re: fanning . . .

Take a real close look at the bolt itself and the bolt notches in the cylinder. If the gun were extensively fanned, you might see some wear there. In addition, the pawl and the ratchet notches could show some abuse.

:D

... and they do.

It all adds up. All except how could anyone be so stupid?
 
doesn't take long to screw up a pefectly good firearm, seen them "boogered overnight"...as for the front , looked like it was actually taped ( to keep the stuff out of the bore) and just "dipped",nasty job...oh well, folks will do whatever takes to 'cover it up'......what does the actually finish look like after you got it all off??
may need to have the gun reblued if you cannot touch it up...as said above, if they had to resolder the front sight, thats "maybe" why they covered it up, as solder will not "cover", what it looks like now, that the "cover is off" would tell the story........good luck
 
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