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Old March 16th, 2008, 20:23   #1
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Does bluing work on Steel Guns?

Old classic steel constructed guns by Shoei and Jac! Will gun bluing work on them?If not,what's the best alter way to achive gun bluing effect? :smile:
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Old March 16th, 2008, 20:29   #2
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Bluing is a treatment for steel. Just steel-wool the gun down if theres any remaining blue on the gun, and Re-blue the metal.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 20:44   #3
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Bluing is a treatment for steel. Just steel-wool the gun down if theres any remaining blue on the gun, and Re-blue the metal.
Thanks for the tips!
There were no bluing on mine so i was abit of suspicious, but after abit of research, these guns were all made of stamp steel : )
The barrel/hand guard and magazine all appeared to have bluing on them but then i tried them with a magnet and it worked, and i thought magnets don't work with Steels..hmm.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 20:59   #4
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Steel is a ferrous metal, of course a magnet would be attracted to it.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 22:27   #5
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The magnet apears to work on Chinese AGM MP40 but not on my Tanaka kar98 and Shoei STG44...
Does that mean the Chinese made cheap mp40 is using steel gun body and Japanese Classic guns are pot metal??
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Old March 16th, 2008, 22:38   #6
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Old March 16th, 2008, 22:44   #7
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After some research on Shoei.
It appears all their product are made from Stamped Steel.
Would that be the problem why the magnet has no effect on them?
Can Stamped Steel be gun blued?
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Old March 16th, 2008, 22:47   #8
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I couldn't get magnet's to work on my Marui M1A1. The manual stated it uses steel construction on the upper receiver (where I tested) and barrel.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 22:56   #9
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I couldn't get magnet's to work on my Marui M1A1. The manual stated it uses steel construction on the upper receiver (where I tested) and barrel.
Stamped steels are non magnetic.

But can they use real steel gun bluing tho?
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Old March 16th, 2008, 23:13   #10
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Stamped steels are non magnetic.

But can they use real steel gun bluing tho?
Stamped steel is magnetic. (atleast most varieties).

Marui uses pot metal for basically everything as far as I know.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 23:13   #11
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Blueing isn't a magnetic process...

People have successfully blued pot metal before (ANcorp).

Yes. You can.
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All steel regardless of manufacturing is magnetic. If it's not attracted to a magnet, it's not steel. Period. Stamping, milling, whatever, it's all the same material. Bluing, painting, it's just the surface treatment and doesn't change the core composition.
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Old March 16th, 2008, 23:30   #13
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I emailed Shoei and they replied "All of our products are made of stamped steel"
Im going to drop by local gun store tmr and get a bottle of gun blueing...
Hope it'l work!
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