barrel - Before & After

I decided to redo... or I should say "unblue" my cougar 8000F barrel. Here are some before and after pics as well as the process:

The barrel before removing the blued finish...Original.
http://www.berettagunforum.com/images/barrel_before.jpg

Product used...
http://www.berettagunforum.com/images/blueremover.jpg

This is the barrel with the blue remover doing it's work. I went through this process twice, Leaving the remover on about 10 mins. both times. I used some steel wool to remove the blued finish both times, pretty coarse stuff. I used "fine" steel wool for the final polishing.
http://www.berettagunforum.com/images/barrel_middle.jpg

Here's the result after using the remover and steel wool to take the blued finish off...
http://www.berettagunforum.com/images/barrel_after.jpg

Gun Pics with new barrel finish:

http://www.berettagunforum.com/images/cougar_barrel.jpg

http://www.berettagunforum.com/image...r_barrel_2.jpg

Nice! I've done that to a couple Glock barrels. I love the look.

Looks nicer. Just be careful w/ rust because now it is bare steel.

Why don't U send it off to be hard chromed. Just the barrel would probably only be about $40. They won't mess w/ the inside, just the external part. It would look similiar and be protected. Or, NP3

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Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Looks nicer. Just be careful w/ rust because now it is bare steel.

Why don't U send it off to be hard chromed. Just the barrel would probably only be about $40. They won't mess w/ the inside, just the external part. It would look similiar and be protected. Or, NP3

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Where would I send it to be hard chromed...?

Tripp Research

http://www.trippresearch.com/

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Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Tripp Research

http://www.trippresearch.com/

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Thanks!

I just sent them an e-mail to get more info.

This is where I was going to send my gun to get refinished before I tried to make sense out of the shipping options and rules and my head exploded. I ended up driving to a refinisher in state. But you might like these finishes.

http://www.mrarms.com/index.html

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Originally Posted by js

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Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Tripp Research

http://www.trippresearch.com/

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Thanks!

I just sent them an e-mail to get more info.

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Call them. They take a while to e-mail you back.