This relates to a nice 20 Ga Model 21 that I restocked a few years back. The stock came out great and I had the receiver blued (hot) and it came out great. I was thinking at that time that I should rust blue the barrels, which I did. They looked pretty good for a while, then not so much. I did them again with the same result. So I did it one more time with a few extra iterations of the rust blue; same story, now the conclusion: Winchester steel needs to be hot blued. I suppose the construction of the Winchester 21 barrels--dovetailing of the barrels and rib--at least the top rib (not sure about the bottom rib) was engineered into the design to enable them to be Hot Blued.
So I think I am finally of the opinion they SHOULD be hot blued. Now--who to send them to? I'm not set up to do it. Thanks, Gil
Last edited by gil russell; 07/06/23 07:21 PM. Reason: clarification
