repairing pits on exterior of rifle

[kevin]

is there anyway to repair really deep pits on the outside of a barrel? Can it be filled with something and reblued? Im half tempted to use solder and then duplicolor engine paint.

[Perro]

if its just going to be painted, try bondo, or bondo glazing compound if they are really small pits.

bondo is easy to sand out - glazing compound is even easier to sand out

[Lon Moer]

If you're going to paint it, JB Weld is the best filler.

[Norton]

I would use JB weld and Gun Coat. You can't re blue that type of product with cold blue. The paint is the way to go

[pjm204]

question for the 1888 commission rifles I am restoring. It would take forever to weld up all of the pits, I think i am going to do the JB and paint idea. I have no intention of making these historically accurate since they were 12 bucks. I'm just trying to get them back to shooting condition, even if they become frankin-guns.

[M1 Tanker]

I can't believe ya'll are going to attempt to shoot those 1888 rifles that came out of the junk pile.

[okie shooter]

I agree with the above statement, these are in the shape they are in for a reason, I imagine they have been junk for years, thus good for parts and such but never intended for shooting. On metal filling these they have a barrel cover thus what does it matter what you do to those barrels. I just would be leary of first generation metaleragy from the smokeless powder era from over a hundred and twenty five years ago.