Ballistol quick brown

[eggwelder]

Has anyone used this? Just saw it on line and it is available locally. How were the results if you did try it?

[smallpatch]

Silly question..... why do they call it browning, when it produces a blue finish?

[fahnenschmied]

Maybe cause in German the word for blueing is "Brünierung" - browning.  Probably from rust blueing.  Just a lazy translation.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

I think you could use Birchwood/Casey's Super blue, apply it, put it in a damp box, and get a brown finish.  I sometimes find used Q tips etc with BC Super Blue on them that get left inadvertently on my bench, and tools in proximate acquire a rusted finish.

[45-110]

roger that on the stray BC Q tip rust browning! murder on my files etc.
kw

[eggwelder]

I just found it on the Canadian Tire website. have not heard mention of it before.
  Newfoundland has very little available locally for anything other than modern cartridge guns, I have never actually found black powder here for sale.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

You'll have to sweet talk your local Gunstore owner to bring it in for you.

[Daryl]

Whatever you use, do not use a product with perchlorates in it, like Pyrodex. If you have to use a phony powder, use Hodgdon's T-7.

[eggwelder]

I brought 8 lbs or so when i got posted here, am down to about 6. Covid is delaying my next transfer back out west, but i should have enough till then.
I don`t imagine i`ll need any browning solution until i get out west, i tend to build slow.