![]() We have a Freedom Arms revolver which may well wear this ‘bluing’ in time. Beyond metal preparation, the finish isn’t hideously expensive though it is probably a last-ditch method to save a job such as this one. Not entirely sure I would have ever suspected the finished gun to carry anything but ordinary hot-salt bluing. ![]() We stripped the original blue and polished gun and barrel to match and had the coating applied. Sounded like the solution to the problem and we all signed on. Available in a variety of colors (including a blue/black), it follow existing polish very well and is super scratch-resistant. This is a high-tech coating process that applies a super-hard, super thin metal ceramic coating. Old friend Marc Morganti-another great fan of Ruger double-action revolvers-put us onto PVD (Physical Vapor Disposition) coatings which he uses regularly in his custom revolver work. Often, it is impossible to produce a true gloss. Most stainless bluing we’ve seen isn’t terribly predictable and often doesn’t wear well. A stainless barrel on a blue gun wasn’t an attractive prospect so we cast around for a cosmetic cure. ![]() Really liked the gun but really wanted an Anaconda barrel on it. 44 MAGNUM REDHAWK W/ANACONDA BARREL- Had a customer who found a blue round-butt Redhawk we built many years ago. 45 Colt Ruger Vaqueroįebruary 2021, BLUE RUGER. Small-bore S&W K-frame Caliber Conversionsįactory Double-Action Barrel Installations
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