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Odesseus
Anyone know of any person or company that does anything like the old Colt Royal Blue? Any leads appreciated.
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  • Odesseus
    I have a Colt Detective Special that I've thought about haveing re-blued. It has no original blue left, and I don't think any collector value. Any thoughts or comments on this would be appreciated. Anyone who knows where I could get this done, let me know. I live in south Georgia. Thanks.

    TH Gibbs
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  • Boomerang
    http://www.colt.com/CMCI/custserv.asp

    Boomer

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  • RancheroPaul
    Be sure it isn't an old collectible.......and if not, spend the $150 for a re-blue and you will have a $150 to $200 gun when finished. If you are going to carry it and use it for some time.....do it. If it's what melts your butter, and you know more about that than I do, go for it.

    An old "Rare" Colt with 10% or less of the finish remaining might be valued at, let's say for conversation sake, $500. Take that same gun, Re-Blue it, and it's value will now only be about half that, ($200 to $300), as a "shooter" and ZERO as a Collectible!

    To Blue or Not to Blue......That is the question!


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  • ryan_marine
    If you decide to blue it; I would send it to Scott at RSE Custom guns. I have him do all my bluing work. (5 guns) All of them have been done perfectly. Here is my email and I will tell you how to get a hold of him.
    ryan_marine@yahoo.com

    Ray

    More Powder, More Lead, More Dead
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  • 260
    i would be glad to do it for you. 140.00 includes return shipping, thank you
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  • Iconoclast
    If you decide you truly wish to re-blue the revolver, consider doing it yourself with Blue Wonder.

    "There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain)
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  • rhmc24
    If you use Blue Wonder please let us know how it works out. I have tried it on several jobs and the only one that was a success was a shotgun barrel. Came out great. Total flop on smaller items.
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  • leeblackman
    I think blue wonder is some awesome stuff, I find the trick is heating the metal surface to just the right temperature depending on the metal. I use a propane torch. Its kinda trial and error. I start by making it warm to the touch, and see how it takes, then work up to where its hot enough to boil water, but no hotter than that, don't want to mess up properties of metal by overheating.

    I've redone a few guns with blue wonder and had great sucess. I've restored a couple of cheap old marlin 22's that had surface rust by using steel wool and oil, then blue wonder.

    If you want a really high quality finish I highly recommend that you order a brownells catalog and order a book on refinishing. You may need something more than blue wonder. Its great for touch ups and cheap work, but I don't think I'd use it on anything high dollar or in place of a professional job.
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  • Contender Man
    Blue wonder is good, probably the best of the "home" blue products. However, you do that to a working gun, so resolve the collector issue first.

    If you want a pro-job I don't think Colt would charge all that much more than other high end shops. Bargain shops, well you usually get what you pay for and you'd probably be just as well served doing a home blue. And if you do ... clean the snot out of it then do it again, you have to have all traces of oil, etc., gone. There are gun cleaners and there is carb. cleaner from the auto parts store, both do a good job, but use in a well vented place with no open flames around.



    If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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  • Jason Anthony
    No offense, but if I were debating to pay $200 - $250 for a re-blue,I would add a couple more hundred dollars and buy a brand new gun and continue to shoot the old or reblue the gun myself. That way, you have two shooters in which, if the new gun is stainless, etc., it will never wear and will appreciate over the years.
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  • Odesseus
    Thanks so much for all the help, y'all are great. How do I find out if it's collectible or not?

    TH Gibbs
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  • 101AIRBORNE
    SIMPLY. Ask RancheroPaul or JudgeColt.
    Both have been extremely helpful to me.
    In my honest opinon, Blue Wonder is only a "paint job". I have experimented w/ blue wonder. Brownell's Oxpho Blue is a superior product. I was advised by Brownells that they would not advertise this product in their next catalog-too many complaints.
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  • trstone
    I've used both Blue Wonder and Oxpho-Blue. The Blue Wonder does somewhat poorly on replacement bolt-handles---you can heat, treat, redo, heat, treat, redo---blah-blah-blah---and it still comes off. But that Oxpho-Blue is even crappier: only marginally better than Birchwood-Casey, and THAT stuff is horse-wee-wee.
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