Finish options for 94 receivers?

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BenT
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Finish options for 94 receivers?

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I have a 1974 vintage 94 receiver I want to refinish. I tried cold blue on one a couple years ago and it didn't hold up.

I stopped by Lauer custom weaponry to check out Duracoat. Now Steve wasn't in but the gentleman there said it goes on as a pretty thick coat. He said more than 1mm thick. So I don't know if I want to go that route.

Correct me if I'm wrong but this vintage receiver won't take hot blue very well, or will it? I have local places to take it to for hot bluing.

So if you have tried some of these newer finishes let me know. Also I really don't want a dull finish.

Case coloring isn't out of the question if it will work for this type receiver.

Let me hear my options . Thanks
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I don't know exactly what year they started to take a good bluing again, but others will. If you can get the CCH, that would look sweet. 8) JMHO
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It will take case hardening well.
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It will come out plum from the hot blue. OD likes his and it is pretty good looking.
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Winchester didn't go back to forged steel receives until they brought out the Model 94AE.

You could have it powder coated. A guy in our town does guns (mostly duck and geese shotguns) and did a Model 94 not long ago. He did it in a real deep black high gloss and it turned out great. We all thought the stampings/ketterings would be partly filled by the powder coating. Not so. It came out really sharp and crisp.
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MoDocEd,
Can you supply contact info for the powdercoating person?
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I Just finished a 1973 Win 94. for a friend. I bought a can of Dura coat from Midway in the parkerized color. It came out looking pretty good. I can't figure out how to post pics on here but I can email a finished pic if interested. I mounted a 4x scope using a mount that one our members "donated"
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here is a link to the gun I refinished http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?p=1 ... ost1932667
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