anybody used plum brown before?

[MarshJr.]

trying to find a good brown finish for some steel...i came across this stuff for antique guns...just wondering if anyone has used it
plum brown by birchwood casey

[MarshJr.]

guess not, ill go buy some, try it out and report back

[nightgigger]

I looked at this back in the 70's to redo my GrandDad's 1930 shotgun, but went with blue instead. I heard that plum brown was what they used on the Brown Bess, and where it got it's name. There are still a few of those originals around, over 200 years old. I guess it cannot be that bad of a finish.

[MarshJr.]

did you use a home bluing kit? how did that turn out? I always wanted to reblue a gun but have been scared i would mess it up

[nightgigger]

I used a birchwood casey kit. I also reblued a revolver. This has been over 30 years ago, but I recall the guns came out good. It seems to me there was a trick to getting the timing right, the longer You leave the agent on the darker the metel. my first try came out blochy, so I redid it.

[fishbowl365]

my ex fil used brown on a kit 50 caliber black powder and it turned out great.