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I have a beautiful 9422 that I purchased more than thirty years ago and like a lot. The problem is somewhere along the way the receiver got a deep scratch down through the blueing. The scratch is on the left side of the receiver and very prominent.

Question? Can I work this out with fine steel wool and then cold blue it? What would you do?

If you do a forum search, Glenrock Bluing seems to get a lot of positive feedback from 24HCF members. I beleive that they will finish/polish as well. Might be worth a call.

No, that will just make it look worse.
I’d probably just live with it.

the only way to fix it is to have the receiver polished and re-blued.. I have worked with two great gunsmiths for several years and there is no way to touch up a scratch that is deep through the blueing.. a good smith can do it.. you will only make it worse with cold blue..

Try some of Brownell's Oxpho Blue.
It may hide the shiney but will never do away with a a deep scratch and no you can't use steel wool to buff it out.

Dad had a Winchester 88 that had a long scratch down the barrel from a metal zippered gun case. Oxpho made it almost completely dissaper, unnoticeable it unless you purposely look for it.

Thanks for the feed back guys. It's really one of the nicest ones I've ever seen so I think I will take to Ahlman's Sporting Good and have their Smiths polish and re-blue it. I really want it to look new again.

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I've done some blueing prior to this but I really want this to be nice.

Best choice!

Don't do anything until you're ready to put it away and never use it again...

Cooperhawk , I would give a Cold Blue a shot . At worst you lose a few Bucks and if you are not happy with a vast improvement to the look , then get the whole thing done by a Pro . There are Steels and there are Steels . Some take Cold Blues great , some do not . First follow the Directions and de-grease . I like using Acetone outside in fresh air and I wear Nitrile Gloves . A lot of these Chemicals are best avoided . There are a ton of de-greasers and Blues out there . I like Birchwood Casey Perma Blue Paste . Apply it with a Qtip and rub it on the scratch . Wait a min. or two . Wipe it off with Isopropyl Alcohol or Acetone . keep repeating until you get the Darkness you like . Finish with an Anti-rust Agent of your choice . And then ....if you really want perfection , go the Pro. route . Luck !

That stuff works pretty good.

Actually for beauty touch-ups I prefer their T-4. Seems I can work it for a better match.

Touch up blue will make it look all the same color for awhile.

But you'll still see the scratch.

If you want it fixed like new, you'll have to get it re-blued professionally.

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I think you will find that they won't blue with hot blue procedure that work on other guns . Any Winchester Post 1964 lever actions won't normally blue . Winchester used to refinish them if you sent them in but that ended years ago . It has to do with the metaurgy used on the actions . All other parts blue normally. Jim

Thank you for sharing that knowledge. (post more stuff)

This would be my call as well, only to add. I would degrease and go the Oxpho Blue on a Q tip route to make it less noticeable and prevent rusting in the meantime.

So here's another question about this 9422. When I enter it into the Winchester data base with the serial number it says the rifle was manufactured in 1910. Somehow I can't believe this is true.

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Somehow it's not.

Year Approx. Last No.

1972 - F48558
73 - F121182
74 - F169044
1975 - F229666
76 - F293472
77- F323197
78- F367976
79- F398044
80- F431532
81- F489918
82- F527632
83- F531722
84- F539305
85- F550843
86- F557835
87- F571623
88- F590039
89- F605281
90- F617848
91- F633224
92- F646000
93- F658316
94- F671391

Maybe made in1978?

9422's are not in the "Old Winchester" database.

Yep, now that makes sense. 77 or 78.