Gunsmith Recommendation needed

[RaffiD]

Hey all,
I need a gunsmith recommendation in the SoCal area, for re-bluing a 40-ish year old Winchester 30-30. Any recommendations please let me know! Thanks

[xsefan]

Bluecit your self. Rust blue it.

[jsanch03]

Are you wanting it hot or cold blued?

[divingin]

State of California essentially shut down all hot bluing operations in the state recently. Look out of state (several Bay Area bluing shops are relocating to Nevada.)

[hermosabeach]

Do you want a factory style bluing like a gun from the 1940-1980's?

I had a gun blued and it looks like crap. It looks almost like a clear car paint with a blue color and not the old style factory bluing

[hermosabeach]

I would Google turn bull. https://www.turnbullrestoration.com/...tion-services/

Read all of the Google results
Look at all of the photos

[Scota4570]

If it is pre-64 do not let the average guy buff and dunk in hot caustic salts. The value and look of the rifle will be ruined. These rifles must be hand polished. No run of the mill gun refinisher does that. It is too labor intensive. The rifles were originally slow rust blued. Some parts were case hardened, depending on manufacture date. Hot salt blue looks wrong.

Post 64 can be a problem, the receivers may not take hot blue properly. The cast receivers were a weird alloy that needed to be iron plated before blueing, if memory serves. They were done with hot salts on most of the parts.

For a pre 64 Turnbull is the man.