You can remove Melonite coating with a bowl of vinegar (soak barrel overnight), and then some stainless polish, 600 grit sand-paper, and some time... It works fine.

Not sure with this finish, but it will likely work...



JW

Honestly, I'd just try to put a WTB ad for an Inox 96 barrel at the Beretta Forum website.

Unless you beadblast the barrel afterwards, it probably won't look that great. Remember, the barrel isn't covered by the slide on a Beretta. So, you'll see the entire length of the barrel

The barrel you gave the link to IS a stainless steel factory barrel that Beretta applied their spray on Bruniton finish to. So in answer to your question, if you remove the Bruniton finish, you would end up with a stainless steel barrel. This barrel is on sale, comes with the locking block, AND has the factory target crown. This is a good buy and is a nice barrel. I would suggest that you bead blast the Bruniton finish off using a very fine class bead. You can then sand and polish the barrel until you achieve whatever kind of finish you are looking for. I don't know where you plan on storing your barrel, but if you keep it oiled up while it is storage, I don't think you would have any problem with it rusting up. You might want to do a search in the Smithing Maintenance section of the "other" Beretta Forum. Several people have polished their barrel and reported on how they did it and posted pictures of their results. Good luck.

Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Honestly, I'd just try to put a WTB ad for an Inox 96 barrel at the Beretta Forum website.

Unless you beadblast the barrel afterwards, it probably won't look that great. Remember, the barrel isn't covered by the slide on a Beretta. So, you'll see the entire length of the barrel

I'm with you on that one!