Rockrivr1
NES Member
Last weekend I was walking through the Manchester gun show and ran across a Star BM that caught my eye. After haggling with the guy for a bit we agreed on a price that I was happy with. A quick trip to the range has proven that the gun functions properly and shoots accurately, which is all you can ask for in a gun.
The caveat is that you can tell it was well used. The grips are junk and the bluing is in bad shape. One of the reasons I bought this was that I thought it would be a good project gun. I already have a line on some very nice new wood grips for it, but I'm going back and forth on how I want to handle the finish on the gun. This will be a home job that I'll do myself. I fully plan on doing a full degreasing and prep before I do the final finish.
Looking over the options I'm leaning towards using Brownell's Aluma-Hyde II in Matt Black. The wood grips will really show up on this after it's done. Plus there is no baking needed as the hardening is done through a chemical reaction instead of a heat treatment.
What other home options have you tried and would recommend over the Aluma-Hyde? If it involves baking it would have to be something that didn't give out a ton of fumes as I'd be using the wife's oven and we all know what would happen if our next meal tasted like baked paint....
Here's a pic of the Star.
The caveat is that you can tell it was well used. The grips are junk and the bluing is in bad shape. One of the reasons I bought this was that I thought it would be a good project gun. I already have a line on some very nice new wood grips for it, but I'm going back and forth on how I want to handle the finish on the gun. This will be a home job that I'll do myself. I fully plan on doing a full degreasing and prep before I do the final finish.
Looking over the options I'm leaning towards using Brownell's Aluma-Hyde II in Matt Black. The wood grips will really show up on this after it's done. Plus there is no baking needed as the hardening is done through a chemical reaction instead of a heat treatment.
What other home options have you tried and would recommend over the Aluma-Hyde? If it involves baking it would have to be something that didn't give out a ton of fumes as I'd be using the wife's oven and we all know what would happen if our next meal tasted like baked paint....
Here's a pic of the Star.