Thank you all. One gun I want to rust blue is my Kimber of Oregon Model 82. Apart from using degreased steel wool held in a hemostat or something, what would be a good way to card the inside of the receiver and extractor recesses in the barrel?
That's as good a way as any I suppose. I use steel wool pushed/finagled into tight corners with thin bladed screwdrivers, slivers of wood, or anything else laying around on my cluttered bench. I'll give the hemostats (what we used to call "roach clips"
) a try.
Instead of de-greasing steel wool (a necessity), try out some oil-free steel wool. I buy mine from a woodworking supply house. It's Liberon brand (Google it). Comes in a sleeve that holds about 20 feet of it. A bit pricier than hardware store-grade steel wool, but is super nice to work with. I use it as a matter of course for everything in the laboratory workshop.
