Refinishing your duck gun

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Tony N.

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I was curious how many have sent their duck guns back in to have them re-dipped, camo'd or cerekoted? Mine needs some TLC bad as most of the finish is worn off. I was considering sending it back to Rob Roberts to have it done. I believe it would cost me close to $500 when all said and done. It is the 25th Edition SBE2.
 
I,ve used Tarjac in New York a few times to dip shotguns. Excellent work. At one time they did the dipping of factory Benelli,s.
 
I had one stock dipped, and like mentioned, it wears off over time. I LOVE my remington versamax' but the bluing is junk compared to other companies. When I bought my first, and noticed how quick the rust was coming on the barrel, I elected to have it cerakoted instead. I will say, if you have to have a camo gun, do yourself a favor and pay to have your gun cerakoted and then dipped. You will NEVER have any exterior rust issues for the entirety of owing that shotgun. I was fortunate, as I worked at a gun shop at the time of buying my first, and the gunsmith there turned me onto cerakote. He said if I did the sandblasting, he would do the rest. That was the part he hated the most. I had every shotgun in my gunsafe done (except my pops and grandpas guns) and I do not regret it for a second.
 
I sent my Benelli out to be redone by Rob Roberts I absolutely love it highly recommend them! I had my gun so rusted and beat up I am not the best at preventative maintenance. The gun came back better than new. I wish I took before and after pictures.
 
Tony

Let me throw this out there. Any gun I own that has a blue finish and wood stock I really want them looking perfect forever. But if a gun is colorized or camo'd I don't fret scratches, wear, rust that doesn't affect operation, etc.. In my mind dipped and coated guns are disposable items. For these reasons and cost savings I go the home brew route, namely paint. If a gun gets to the point it needs refreshed (mostly my friend's guns because I let mine get pretty bad looking before I do anything) I take the paint route. Not just any paint, but two-part automotive primer and paint because they take abuse better. In recent years I've painted my son's and some partner's guns. It really isn't hard to do if you have a compressor and even a cheap Lowe's gun will work. If you can break a gun down to clean then you can paint it. There is some simple masking of machined surfaces and moving parts but painting a shotgun is very straightforward. As you look for an option to refurbish your gun I'll throw this out as something to consider.
 
This is the only picture I have at the moment, but it shows you what they look like when I paint them. The shine is because my son just wiped them down with oil while cleaning. I use the same paint that goes on my boats. Since I have it on hand as left-over paint I escape paint cost. Like I said, I'm cheap when it comes to camo dipped or coated shotguns.Paint2.jpg
 
I've sent a Benelli to Rob Roberts as well. Mine was fully camoed and I wanted a different look. I had them cerakote the receiver and barrel a bronze color. I also had a number of the performance shop upgrades done. The entire process took right around six weeks. The cerakote looks great and the work done to the gun makes it a pleasure to shoot.
 
I had my 30 year old 870 cerakoted a couple years ago and have been very happy with the results. It was down to bare metal a I was fighting rust bad before getting it done. My only complaint is that I didn't do it sooner
 
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