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February 28, 2010
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Greetings fellow Dan Wesson weapon lovers. I have an old 15-2 that dates from 1981. I fire it, and immediately clean it. I've only ever used WD-40, Hoppes, and CLP, nothing else. Yet, some of the pieces of the frame, particularly the side plates, are turing reddish. The color is kind of like the color in a bad bluing, but this has been happening over the course of 30 years. Any idea of why this might be happening, how I can stop it, and well, will I need have it re-blued?
thank you!
Iain
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March 2, 2008
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The color change is what we refer to as a "Barney" effect, a plum color that starts to come thru over the years on some guns. Common wisdom is that rebluing will not help a lot, it seems to be caused by the composition of the steel in some frames. Our member hotbluer can provide more info on this, try to PM him
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May 2, 2009
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OK, here we go… 🙂 That color change will eventually be purple colored–we call it "Barney". It is a result of the initial bluing process and it cannot be stopped. Even if you attempt to strip and reblue, the color will remain–it is inherently in the steel at this point. Just learn to love it and shoot it!
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February 28, 2010
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thank you for the input. I was really hessitant to blue it as i know what that can do to both value and looks. I learned that lesson the hard way back when a teen, and I bought and old gallery gun (rifle). It was a kewl rifle, pump with octagonal barrel, but all the blue was worn away. So i took it to a gunsmith, and had it reblued.... in actuality I ended up having it barnied... bad mojo. Anyway, I shall continue forth, shooting and taking care of one of this prize of mine. I appreciate your input.
Iain
February 16, 2010
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I wonder if this is the same issue as with some HK P7 slides.
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February 28, 2009
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The others have answered your questions, so I'll just say welcome.
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Are you the original owner? If so & if you have paperwork that dates back to when you bought it, we'd sure love it if you could participate in the DW Registry, located at the upper right of this screen.
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