The glass is always half empty isn't it jOe. Having seen alot of badly buggered screws I can understand the scewdriver comment but I can't for the life of me see where there's any harm in freshening up a pair of barrels with the cold blue treatment I suggest. It doesn't harm anything, if he wanted to have the barrels professionally rust blued in the future the cold blue treatment wouldn't hurt anything, in the meantime the gun will look a lot better then it would with a pair of tired out looking barrels.
I can't wait for your enlightenment, oh jOe of such few words.
Steve