touching up a gun
I heard that a complete re-blue of a gun will lower it's value. But to what extent can i 'touch up' a gun to re-blue some edge wear and not be noticable?
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Seems like your question tends to answer itself. If the 'touch up' is not detectable, value could be improved. I have yet to know about a cold blue that is good enough to mimic factory original blue. I use Brownell's oxpho blue or their T-4 to touch up very small places such as screw head damage. If small enough, the eye does not notice it -- not that it is undetectable, just insignificant. 0 -
compscotty,
Welcome to the Gunbroker forums!
First of all, you haven't given us nearly the amount of information necessary to answer your question. Lowering the value of a firearm by refinishing is a function of whether it's even collectable. Re-bluing a standard Remington M700 or a Savage M10 wouldn't affect it's value negatively and might enhance it for some potential buyers.
Conversely though, any original condition, collectable firearm will lose value if you disturb any portion of the original condition of any of the parts.
So you need to tell us what firearm you're asking about since your question is generic as asked.
"But to what extent can i 'touch up' a gun to re-blue some edge wear and not be noticable?"
Same answer as above. If the firearm is collectable, no amount of 'touch-up' is allowed without devaluing the firearm.
Also agree wholeheartedly with rhmc24 with regard to cold blues. There are none on the market that will ever approach true caustic (hot) bluing, no matter how hard some members will attempt to convince you. This includes Van's and any others that might be suggested. They simple won't last and they won't match the original caustic or rust blue at all. Amateurs might find it acceptable because they refuse to afford good caustic bluing or they think they can do just as good a job with cold blue. During an examination of the firearm though, they will miss it or pass it over but a collector, refinishing expert or gunsmith will pick it up every time.
Post some more information, please.
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quote:Originally posted by nononsense
compscotty,
Welcome to the Gunbroker forums!
First of all, you haven't given us nearly the amount of information necessary to answer your question. Lowering the value of a firearm by refinishing is a function of whether it's even collectable. Re-bluing a standard Remington M700 or a Savage M10 wouldn't affect it's value negatively and might enhance it for some potential buyers.
Conversely though, any original condition, collectable firearm will lose value if you disturb any portion of the original condition of any of the parts.
So you need to tell us what firearm you're asking about since your question is generic as asked.
"But to what extent can i 'touch up' a gun to re-blue some edge wear and not be noticable?"
Same answer as above. If the firearm is collectable, no amount of 'touch-up' is allowed without devaluing the firearm.
Also agree wholeheartedly with rhmc24 with regard to cold blues. There are none on the market that will ever approach true caustic (hot) bluing, no matter how hard some members will attempt to convince you. This includes Van's and any others that might be suggested. They simple won't last and they won't match the original caustic or rust blue at all. Amateurs might find it acceptable because they refuse to afford good caustic bluing or they think they can do just as good a job with cold blue. During an examination of the firearm though, they will miss it or pass it over but a collector, refinishing expert or gunsmith will pick it up every time.
Post some more information, please.
Best.
Ok you've answered my question by distinguishing collectible and non-collectible firearms. That's what I really wanted to know.0
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