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I have an 12 ga Ideal grade Elsie that has 90+% case colors, the stock is perfect. The gun is just in great shape and all original. The only problem is that the blue on the side of the right barrel was ruined by being put away wet in a case.While I am willing to take responsibility for any number of bonehead moves I have made, this occurred prior to my ownership. Should I reblue the barrels or not? Mostly from a value perspective. The gun is too nice to take marsh mucking and except for an occasional trip to shoot claybirds or a sunny day pheasant hunt,it mostly stays nestled in the vault with some of it's kin.
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Leave it as is, and lesson learned-albiet the hard way-
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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I wouldn't take it to the marsh because of steel shot.
Mike
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see if you can touchup the side with the problem....same process as rust blue but just the spot that needs it and you steam the area instead of boiling the whole barrel ......
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I think the damage is too extensive for a touch up. No real pitting just a loss of blue in the pattern of the lining of the case.
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Rust blue is a chemical process and can be started or stopped at will. An old "gunshow" trick is to re-blue without polishing. You can degrease the barrels and just apply acid to the location lacking in color, card off and repeat until the color builds up. You may need to apply the acid to everything on the final few passes to achieve a good blend. Good luck with it.
Steve
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Hey Mike you are right about steel shot being a devil for old doubles. That is why I have been loading ITX 10 and bismuth. Can't stand to leave my doubles at home. I could become, as Aldo Leopold described in one of his hunting journal entries, "a pump packing hoodlum", and I have some pumps, but I shall succumb.
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That would be not succumb.
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i would re-blue as steve said or ,clean all the old blue and don't polish just blue,i have an lc smith great condition but thin blue and re-blued with out polish..it turned out great, but not polished up.if your worried about it being all original,lc smiths didn't come with jacked up blue when original.
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