old pistol restoring

rawone · 03-19-2005, 06:39 PM

Hello everyone, I have an old (1930s?) H&R sportsman that was my grandfathers and I am wanting to refinish it. It was wrapped in an old towel and stored in his garage for god knows how long. It is mechanically sound and functions very well ( go figure). I have already stripped it down and removed the rust away. Just wondering what kind of finish can I apply to the gun.

03-19-2005, 07:24 PM

I wouldn't use that "Cold Blue" stuff...alot of gun people can smell that stuff

Oxford · 03-19-2005, 07:31 PM

I'm not familiar with the H&R sportsman pistol...but I've got a 9 shot .22 H&R 922 pistol and have no idea of how old it is.

rawone · 03-20-2005, 12:15 AM

yeah, the sportsman is a single action 9 shot .22. It is also one of the top break models of H&R pistols.

lefty o · 03-20-2005, 12:37 AM

find a local gunsmith and have it hot dipped blued. anything else will probably end up looking tacky.

03-19-2005, 06:39 PM	#1
rawone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14	old pistol restoring Hello everyone, I have an old (1930s?) H&R sportsman that was my grandfathers and I am wanting to refinish it. It was wrapped in an old towel and stored in his garage for god knows how long. It is mechanically sound and functions very well ( go figure). I have already stripped it down and removed the rust away. Just wondering what kind of finish can I apply to the gun.

03-19-2005, 07:31 PM	#3
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,021 Blog Entries: 4	I'm not familiar with the H&R sportsman pistol...but I've got a 9 shot .22 H&R 922 pistol and have no idea of how old it is. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

03-19-2005, 07:24 PM	#2
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	I wouldn't use that "Cold Blue" stuff...alot of gun people can smell that stuff

03-20-2005, 12:15 AM	#4
rawone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14	yeah, the sportsman is a single action 9 shot .22. It is also one of the top break models of H&R pistols.

03-20-2005, 12:37 AM	#5
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,785	find a local gunsmith and have it hot dipped blued. anything else will probably end up looking tacky.