H001 Receiver Cover Finish

[Sir Henry]

I love my Henry rimfires but the least favorite thing about them is the black paint on the receiver cover. I've buffed the paint off and applied G96 Gun Blue Cream on them. They don't really turn blue as they are not steel but it does give it a nice finish. You need to rinse them in a neutral bath after applying the finish to stop the chemical action.

Most people take a hundred year old rifle and try to make it look new. I take a new rifle and try to make it look a hundred years old.

[Sir Henry]

On this one I painted it with the gray finish that the military uses on AR magazines.

[ditto1958]

Bun Blue Cream?

[RetiredSeabee]

Please don't show us your blued Buns.

[Sir Henry]

Bun Blue Cream?

What are you talking about? Its says "Gun". Well I did go back and edit it.

[Deadwood Dutch]

Looks great!

[Sir Henry]

Thanks. What is great about doing this is I can just buy a new receiver cover and take them back to original. If I did this to a Winchester 9422 it would be butchering them.

[bandit1250]

Thanks. What is great about doing this is I can just buy a new receiver cover and take them back to original. If I did this to a Winchester 9422 it would be butchering them.

That is a nice thing about the replaceable cover. You can experiment all you want and still have the chance to go back with no blue job needed.

[Vaquero]

I just stripped mine, polished it then clear coated it.

[Sir Henry]

I just stripped mine, polished it then clear coated it.

Looks like you did a good job too.

[Vaquero]

Thank ya Sir Henry

[bandit1250]

I stripped the cover and fore arm band on mine and don't miss the orange peeled black paint. I finished it up with the fine bronze wool from Brownell's. Satin look to it.

[Vaquero]

Bandit looks like we have twins.

[RoadBlocker]

The buffed finish on the Evil Roy is what attracted it to me. I realize it's just another paint job, and looks aren't everything, but they're something.

[Skinner Sights]

I have 5 of these in stock.... (With matching barrel bands)

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[Nam Vet]

Looks really nice.

[eldermike]

I like the strip polish and clear coat idea. I have also considered having a plater put a copper strike and then nickle plate.

[Sir Henry]

I like the strip polish and clear coat idea. I have also considered having a plater put a copper strike and then nickle plate.

I bet that would look nice.

[plattner01]

On this one I painted it with the gray finish that the military uses on AR magazines.

look at the can of spray paint, I love how the mfg date is sep 02 2016 and its not even sep yet, the product was made in the future and used in the past

[PT7]

One never knows....could that have possibly been 1916?
Sir Henry said " I take a new rifle and try to make it look a hundred years old."