So this is my deal.
I recently acquired a very nice near mint condition Dragunov and finally took it to the range the other day. After getting back from the range my first priority is of course getting it cleaned as this is my new baby. One of the cleaning solutions I was using was called Powder Blast. It worked pretty well on the bolt and recevier area cleaning up the trigger workings and such. But then I sprayed some on the flash suppressor on the barrel to make quick work of cleaning that. To my sudden surprise the finish that was on the end started coming off. The Powder Blast stuff (i believe it was Break Free brand) just totally stripped whatever it touched on the barrel.
So.....I was thinking the best way to remedy this would be to blue it as I ordered some Oxpho Blue to use on it to touch it up. Basically what got touched was the whole flash suppressor and a little bit on the bottom of the front sight. Anybody have some input on this? It would be mush appreciated. I'm not sure if I should just go and strip more on the barrel to make everything look good or just do the end to prevent myself from looking like an amateur ass who tried to fix his mistake.
I recently acquired a very nice near mint condition Dragunov and finally took it to the range the other day. After getting back from the range my first priority is of course getting it cleaned as this is my new baby. One of the cleaning solutions I was using was called Powder Blast. It worked pretty well on the bolt and recevier area cleaning up the trigger workings and such. But then I sprayed some on the flash suppressor on the barrel to make quick work of cleaning that. To my sudden surprise the finish that was on the end started coming off. The Powder Blast stuff (i believe it was Break Free brand) just totally stripped whatever it touched on the barrel.
So.....I was thinking the best way to remedy this would be to blue it as I ordered some Oxpho Blue to use on it to touch it up. Basically what got touched was the whole flash suppressor and a little bit on the bottom of the front sight. Anybody have some input on this? It would be mush appreciated. I'm not sure if I should just go and strip more on the barrel to make everything look good or just do the end to prevent myself from looking like an amateur ass who tried to fix his mistake.