CZ82 Blued

[Brychan]

This is my first foray into refinishing handguns (or any gun for that matter) the chipped paint on my 2 CZ82s were bothering me. So I decided to do something about and had thought about different finishes and decided to try my hand at bluing.

Waring I am not a photographer so the pics are not great
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The hardest part was getting the old paint off, used paint stripper and that got most of it off, then sanding both by had and dremel. I did not attempt to tear the pistol all the way down as I was not confident that I either would not break something or get it back together.

So they look better, but not perfect.

I also have new grips on order from marschalgrips, but it looks like they are about as quick as the MSP, so it will be a few months.

 

[F-Stop]

Look good. What cold blue product?

 

[Brychan]

Birchwood Casey perms blue.

 

[falconguy]

Nice job!

 

[Bikebreath]

A black gun on a white background can confuse the automatic exposure sensor in the camera. Not much you can do about the black gun, but a more neutral background might help without flash. Take the gun near a window with diffused light or outside in the shade.

Nice looking. For now I like mine with wear on it. Maybe some day. It's nice to know with Birchwood Casey I could improve it that much.

 

[Demoneyes86]

Look pretty good. I am actually going to cerakote mine myself soon I will share pics once I decide what color lol

 

[why2kmax]

So they look better, but not perfect.

I also have new grips on order from marschalgrips, but it looks like they are about as quick as the MSP, so it will be a few months.

nice job. the grips will take a while but they are very nice. Got a set for my SiG P6 a while back and was happy with how well done they were.

 

[TexasBob]

Looks nice, with new grips it will have a completely different look less Surplus and more like a modern handgun. I may have to take a shot at bluing my CZ82.
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[Seagrave1963]

Nice job! A motivator for me to try it.

 

[Demoneyes86]

I got my wood grips from cz usa. They are nice. Marschal was expensive and crazy waits on them cz usa had a shorter wait.

 

[Brychan]

A black gun on a white background can confuse the automatic exposure sensor in the camera. Not much you can do about the black gun, but a more neutral background might help without flash. Take the gun near a window with diffused light or outside in the shade.

Nice looking. For now I like mine with wear on it. Maybe some day. It's nice to know with Birchwood Casey I could improve it that much.

Ok I tried taking one out in the shade, I didn't remember about the white background.

 

[Bikebreath]

Ok I tried taking one out in the shade, I didn't remember about the white background.

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Well, it came out a lot nicer without flash, I think.

 

[Machodoc]

I think that cerakote will produce a finish that looks closer to the original, and I always prefer to keep things original, when possible. That said, "leprosy" on the vz. 82 is a well-known problem, and having the finish abused with an import stamp doesn't help. Nobody wants an ugly gun, unless it has good reason to be ugly ... and most of these don't.

Even though I personally might not have blued a vz. 82, the job that you did on it looks really nice. It was a great first attempt!