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I have a rifle marked STA BARBARA PRODUCTS INC. WETH. CT SPORTSMAN - CALIBER 243. The bluing has a kind of crazing appearance. Does anyone know what caused this? It looks to be a defect in the bluing. ![[Linked Image]](http://a68.tinypic.com/1690mdl.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://a67.tinypic.com/zsvm2o.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://a65.tinypic.com/or2fyg.jpg) Otherwise it's a good looking rifle.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Looks to me like whoever polished it before bluing had NO CLUE what they were doing.. But - hey, I might be wrong.. 
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Redneck, you hit the nail square on the head.
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Looks to me like whoever polished it before bluing had NO CLUE what they were doing.. But - hey, I might be wrong.. Redneck, you hit the nail square on the head. Please explain. I can't feel these.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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I have a rifle marked STA BARBARA PRODUCTS INC. WETH. CT SPORTSMAN - CALIBER 243. The bluing has a kind of crazing appearance. Does anyone know what caused this? It looks to be a defect in the bluing. Otherwise it's a good looking rifle. Could it be a failed copy of this? ![[Linked Image]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-noWGG1ehoHA/Vx7MVATgTSI/AAAAAAAAIpk/HFgY1HGYjGMqE647M7rXAA05DRIISQTqwCCo/s800/Barrel_end_flutes--small.jpg)
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Hey, that is the new style / fashion that is very tough to duplicat. 
I prefer classic.
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I had some barrels come out like that once-the preservative I put on the metal after polishing failed and I got a bunch of white spots in the blued surface - I had to do it all over again. Mel
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It appears that one of the tanks in the bluing process, the Oakite cleaner, hot or cold water rinse was contaminated and the metal was not absolutely clean before being immersed in the bluing salts. Also could be that as stated above the post-polish protectant failed to do its job. When it comes to bluing no matter what type the old slogan "cleanliness is next to godliness" applies universally. The final result of any bluing process is directly related to the preparation, unclean metal in results in an unsatisfactory final blue job.
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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By a GS that expects to be paid? It would not be to me. Rattle can from Ace? Yeah, maybe.
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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I have fixed a couple that looked very similar on the cheap with Oxpho-Blue from Brownell's. Pour lots of boiling water on the metal and swab the blue on. Let it stand for a while and polish with 0000 steel wool. A few trips around made the metal look better than decent.
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I have fixed a couple that looked very similar on the cheap with Oxpho-Blue from Brownell's. Pour lots of boiling water on the metal and swab the blue on. Let it stand for a while and polish with 0000 steel wool. A few trips around made the metal look better than decent.
I really like those Mausers... SD, Did you do this right over the existing bluing? Thanks Edit: I just read the instructions and see that it goes on over existing bluing, etc. What does pouring the hot water do for the process and at what interval should it be done?
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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It gets it hot and keeps it hot. It does a better job when hot. The Oxpho-Blue is about the best cold blue I have found and I wish it was available from somewhere other than Brownell's...
Keep it as hot as you can stand...
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Oxpho-Blue is available in Cabela's stores.
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Send it to me..For $175 we will properly polish and hot blue.
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