Bead blasting a blues rifle

[klemm]

I have a Remington 700, action and barrel are blued. Gun is pretty rusty. Can I be adblast/Sandblast to remove the bluing. Will I not have just a stainless receiver and barrel at that point. Any pros or cons to doing this. What would I put on the bare metal to prevent it from rusting. I was planning on putting some type of coating on it.

 

[shortgrass]

Not a good idea. The barrel and action are made of chrome moly and will start rusting immediately. If bead blasted it needs to be coated with Ceracoat or Gun Coat or something like those two.

 

[Dosh]

Not a good idea. The barrel and action are made of chrome moly and will start rusting immediately. If bead blasted it needs to be coated with Ceracoat or Gun Coat or something like those two.

Immediately for sure. I had a rifle in for Cerakote and the shop blasted it before coating , but had a family emergency. He returned two days later and found rust on the chromoly action/barrel here in dry Arizona.

 

[shortgrass]

Even if you'd just spray paint it, don't bead blast until you are ready to paint. De-grease it completely before 'painting'. No 'paint' will stick well when applied over an oily or greasy surface.

 

[Wedgy]

If you want to do it yourself get a $20 blaster from Harbor Freight, you will need a larger compressor ~30 gallon as they require a lot of air volume, then use Duracoat from Midway as everyone else charges a huge hazmat fee, and spray it thru a cheap Preval sprayer if you don't have a gun. Cleans up with brake cleaner.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1841143245/lauer-duracoat-firearm-finish

Preval Spray System-0226 - The Home Depot

 

[shortgrass]

Before going any further consider this, if it's rusty on the outside it's rusty on the inside, too.