Old police 870 with surface rust.

[SRTMO]

Got a question for all you back room refinishers out there.

I picked up a frankenstein looking 870. It's a got a blued 870 Wingmaster receiver with a parkerized, rifle sight, cylinder bore barrel, and wood stocks. I really need to clean this piece of junk up, especially the rust in the blued portions.

What would you recommend for getting the rust off the blued parts? I was thinking steel wool but, I'm not sure what kind. I also could sand blast the whole thing.

What do you think?

 

[lax]

double or triple O will be fine just keep it well lube while using it

 

[fivepointstar]

double or triple O will be fine just keep it well lube while using it

yep.....gun oil and steel wool

lightly buff

 

[travistheone]

post pics !

 

[august1410]

double or triple O will be fine just keep it well lube while using it

yep.....gun oil and steel wool

I used 0000 and Hoppe's on my Ithaca 37. Surface rust came right off.


Used the steel wool LIGHTLY.

 

[E.Shell]

I used 0000 and Hoppe's on my Ithaca 37. Surface rust came right off.


Used the steel wool LIGHTLY.

+1.

#0000 steel wool is the right choice if you're trying to save any of the original blue.

 

[rouchna]

And once you get the rust off, use some Eezox to keep the rust from coming back.

 

[Goose Guy]

I used 0000 and Hoppe's on my Ithaca 37. Surface rust came right off.


Used the steel wool LIGHTLY.

Another +1

Same process, different gun, same results.

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

If it's a mismatch and a shooter with poor original finish and it's not a collector gun, I highly recommend refinishing it. If you have a compressor use very fine grit sandpaper to rough up the non-rusted finish (or carefully bead blast it) and remove ALL rust. Duracoat makes an attractive matte black or gun blue finish that will bring life back to that old pump. I turned a beater pawn shop 870 into this. This was my first duracoat attempt on a long gun.

 

[BlackBart]

If it's a mismatch and a shooter with poor original finish and it's not a collector gun, I highly recommend refinishing it. If you have a compressor use very fine grit sandpaper to rough up the non-rusted finish (or carefully bead blast it) and remove ALL rust. Duracoat makes an attractive matte black or gun blue finish that will bring life back to that old pump. I turned a beater pawn shop 870 into this. This was my first duracoat attempt on a long gun.

That came out good but what's that "round thing" on the receiver??

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

That came out good but what's that "round thing" on the receiver??

It's the "Magpul" logo. All the cool kids have it

















I'm just a poser though. I saw it in a video and thought it looked cool. When a fellow member sent me one with his lower payment I had to put it somewhere Then again, if you are talking about the "Before" pic, that's the magazine cap.

 

[BlackBart]

It's the "Magpul" logo. All the cool kids have it















I'm just a poser though. I saw it in a video and thought it looked cool. When a fellow member sent me one with his lower payment I had to put it somewhere Then again, if you are talking about the "Before" pic, that's the magazine cap.

I guess I'll stay uncool.

 

[BeltBuckle]

as others have noted, steel wool will do it, but you've gotta be very careful not to erode the remaining finish. I've had good success with brass wool and eezox. YMMV

 

[canuck]

Got a question for all you back room refinishers out there.

I picked up a frankenstein looking 870. It's a got a blued 870 Wingmaster receiver with a parkerized, rifle sight, cylinder bore barrel, and wood stocks. I really need to clean this piece of junk up, especially the rust in the blued portions.

What would you recommend for getting the rust off the blued parts? I was thinking steel wool but, I'm not sure what kind. I also could sand blast the whole thing.

What do you think?

Steel wool. Be careful.

 

[blackthorne]

Steel wool won't go deep enough to remove rust without further screwing up the finish, leaving you with a blotchy mess. I would bead blast the whole gun and refinish with duracoat or a similar product. Browse the Brownell's site.

 

[Mdeng]

I have used Brownells Alumahyde on several old beat up Remington 1100's with great results. I found that naval jelly worked best to remove all the rust and bluing. Then prep the metal per the Alumahyde directions. Left a nice dark semi-gloss finish. Remember that chemical rust removers will destroy the bluing!

 

[SRTMO]

Will bead blasting the parkerized barrel take the parkerization off? If I am going to refinish the receiver, I might as well do it all.

 

[august1410]

Will bead blasting the parkerized barrel take the parkerization off? If I am going to refinish the receiver, I might as well do it all.

The hell with it. Put the frankenthing back together and shoot it as is.

It's a shotgun. It's like a hooker. It's supposed to work hard, not be pretty.

 

[livefast1]

Will bead blasting the parkerized barrel take the parkerization off? If I am going to refinish the receiver, I might as well do it all.

Yes.

 

[ST19AG_WGreymon]

The hell with it. Put the frankenthing back together and shoot it as is.

It's a shotgun. It's like a hooker. It's supposed to work hard, not be pretty.

So you're a pimp?