reblueing

[FatKatMatt]

does anyone know where i can get a gun re-blued in the Bay Area, preferably the North Bay? Thanks to anyone who responds.

[xenophobe]

Not in the Bay Area, but where we send all of our bluing jobs to:

http://www.hotflashrefinishing.com/

[joel1316]

Is the American Blueing Company in Rodeo still open?

[Boomer1961]

Is the American Blueing Company in Rodeo still open?

I am interested in that one as I use to drive by that shop on San Pablo/Parker avenue everyday to work. They had a large sign and store front (translation more proessional than business out of the house).

I always meant to stop by and see what services they provided. It seemed to me that by the size of the shop that they provided more than an occasional reblueing.

I have a FAL build (Israeli HB from a ban way back when) that I just have not quite finished (rough finish-still has file marking from fitting barrel/timing). I want to get Parkerized of maybe ParKoted. Figure for just one firearm the cost of doing it myself (buying chemicals, tanks, etc.) might actually be more than paying a professional. Plust there is that learning curve where you screw things up and since this is a legally registered AW and you just can not replace that with a new legally registered one (unlike the OLL builds going on today) I am even more leary that I will screw up and ruin this firearm meaning I will have only my L1A1 and my really rough Centruy CTME in .308 for when the SHTF.

After all them gun grabbers are right because with two hands and two feet I figure I can shoot four .308's at once so I don't want to have them start disarming my left foot because I screwed up a finish job.

SO HEY.......sorry for the digression..

---Is the Rodeo place still in business?
---Do they do good work?
---What is their turnaround time?
---What kind of pricing do they have?
---Do they do military type weapons or just high end stuff like those Perrazi's-and on that note is refinishing a registered AW considered one of those activities that only a registered/licensed AW gunsmith can do?
---Do they do any other services (Parkerizing, gunsmithing, consignment sells or sells of customers firearms where payment for services not done)?


Well if anyone has any feedback I would be interested as that is a lot more useful info than calling these folks directly. I think I will after the holiday I will give them a call to see what they have to say if they are still in business.