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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2011, 10:18:12 PM »
Can't wait til you get it all done.  Looking forward to the pics
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2011, 12:28:25 PM »
To late to turn back now.  I don't know if I am going to cold blue on top of it and just have the subtle differneces of leave it as is.   What are your thoughts?

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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2011, 12:40:03 PM »
I like it!

And I would love to see the affect under some bluing.

I may have to do the same thing to my HD 870...
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2011, 12:40:45 PM »
I don't know. You've kind of got that whole Road Warrior vibe going on right now, and there darn sure isn't another one like it out there. That's a plus. OTOH, a good deep blue is a beautiful thing. I guess if it were me, I'd either buy some nice wood for the stock and fore end and blue it, or keep the plastic and leave it alone (thus saving time and money). Gee, which would I choose? ;D As I said earlier, its an SD pump gun, its never going to be pretty. Yours as is, however, does look pretty bad ass which to me is in keeping with the spirit of the thing. Just my .02.
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2011, 12:44:15 PM »
Heck, I kinda liked it in the white.......  ;)

Definitely unique. I think the gun looks kinda cool with the varying colors.
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Re: Why should I not do this...
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2011, 03:34:06 PM »
Veeeeery interesting!

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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2011, 04:20:58 PM »
I decided the colors were just too bright and it had a ruger rimfire vibe so I put a couple coats of gun blue on it and the results are kind of interesting.  It now looks like it has been a well cared for but hard used truck gun for the last 60-70 years.  I'll post pics tonight.

The original plan was for some pristine walnut stocks, the new plan is for some old police stocks to refinish!
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2011, 05:52:31 PM »
 :o Wow
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2011, 07:07:09 PM »
Here are a couple of photos...  They don't quite do it justice.  Maybe I will try in the sun tomorrow.
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Re: Why should I not do this...
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2011, 07:58:07 PM »
I am somewhat amused. You went to a lot of trouble to make an older gun look, well, older. ;D Now hear me out, that's not a slam. The gun has a worn or "antiqued" look to it. It looks like its been through the wars and is still damn solid and ready to go. I refer to my earlier post when I said it would never be pretty, but could look badass. This qualifies. I kind of liked the punk rock/Mad Max multi color thing you had going on. But this? Its as bad ass. Its got a John Wayne/Clint Eastwood vibe. It seems, at least to me, to say "I'm old, I'm beat up, but you don't want to f@ck with me". And that's really all you need an SD shotgun to say. Leave it alone, it looks just great.
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