I have been building a "sporter" from a non-military, military grade Martini-Henry. I have had a devil of a time bluing the barrel and the action.
I typically use Belgium blue, but this time was influence by the hype at Brownells to use Dicropan IM. Two tries and still bad results. The barrel is more grey than blue/black with some unevenness and the action is similar (not as much so) but very uneven. The second go round I was extremely careful no contamination and boiled the heck out of it. Still only a bit better results.
The action had a lot of pits so I was aggressive at removing them and the finish is still nowhere near perfect. Some of the other parts came out very black, some just acceptable.
Anyone else have problem with the steel on a Martini? Is it Dicropan? or just me?
Any advice is appreciated. Note: Brownells said I didn't leave it in the water long enough...BS, but they did send me a free bottle of Belgium blue... first class IMO
Jerry
