my 12cs

[k0wtz]

i am open to suggestions regarding my 12cs. the barrell and reciever both have extensive pitting. i knew that when i bought it and i presumed the barrell would be shot out most are in that vintage.

what sort of refinish can someone suggest i am thinking brownells stuff. this gun has no sentimental value and is not a collector it will be a shooter. any ideas out there?

thanks

bob

[remington600]

Since you say it has a lot of pitting my suggestion is leave it alone. The money you will spend to have it refinished will not be worth it because there will still be signs of the rust. Its a shooter so it really doesnt matter. I would save the refinish money and put it toward one in better condition if your wanting a nicer one. It still takes a nice clean gun to make a nice refinish job.

[k0wtz]

well i dont like a rusted gun in my hands. therefore i am going to paint it and redo the stock. im thinking put it in gray primer several coats then a spray on finish of some sort.

anyone with ideas for the do it yourselfer

bob

[remington600]

Yes sorry I couldnt give advice on spray painting your gun. It sounds like you have a plan.

[John Gyde]

Some of the Cold Blues on the market might give a better result than paint. Any big box store will have cold blue in their sporting goods dept.

[k0wtz]

i have all sorts of cold blue plus rust blue from brownells. im thinking several coats of primer and then go with a flat black kind of what remington did to their 552s

bob

[John Gyde]

Using paint from a rattle can will work I guess, but I hope you are going to remove the forearm and stock. I don't particularly like the look of cold blue, but IMHO it sure looks better than a painted rifle. A lot better...

[remington600]

Ill second that!!! Unless you really sand and file the barrel down you will still have pitting profile so even a painted gun will still be a rusted gun only covered with paint. I am a painter by trade and if you do not get rid of 100% of the rust the gun will still continue to rust underneath the paint coating causing the coating to fail. They do put some rust inhibiters in some paint, but all that does is slows it down a bit. A soon as the coating fails it doesn't matter if there are any inhibiters in the paint. If you decide to go forward with a paint job I suggest you do not paint the slide just behind the forearm. You get a couple coats of primer and a high build flat( flat paint are all high build materials) I think you will have a problem. Slide the action back and forth a few times is going to scape and gouge the paint off and add a little oil you will have a gummy mess. The painted 552 was never a good idea.

[ForumAdmin]

There is a product out there called evapo-rust it's like $20 bucks a gallon.
If I was going to paint it I'd disassemble and drop it in that first, it will leave in rust free....
I've never used this on gun parts but I've never used brake cleaner on brakes either but it cleans the heck out of guns!