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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Airgun Smithing » 2300KT Weekend Makeover Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  2300KT Weekend Makeover   Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:39 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 I had a chance to play shop this weekend,as my wife was away house sitting for some friends of ours.After receiving my 2300KT this past Thursday,it was time to tear it down,and make some improvements.just the usual polishing of trigger,sear contact points etc. At that point the creativity kicked in,and I took it further,by removing all casting edges on the grip frame,and polished it all out.At one point I had the grip frame to a mirror polish but the pot metal is porous,and resulted in a blotchy appearance.So I backed off the polish a bit,and found that when given the look of brushed stainless it blends away the flaws. Next I broke out the phosphoric acid,and removed the bluing on the breech,end caps,and gas tube cap.After 2 minutes the acid was neutralized with a baking soda,and water solution.All were polished out using "Mothers" billet polish...great stuff. After they were degreased,I shot all the polished parts with industrial wheel epoxy clear coat,"2 dusting coats,and 2 coverage coats".They were baked at 350,for 30 minutes,to set the finish....don't use your regular oven for this....The coating is SUPER tough...... _________________   Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:06 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Your pistol lacks shabbiness, therefore it is deemed cool. It looks very special. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:34 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Thanks broom.Looks like a buddy of mine is dropping off his 1377 for me to do after seeing it....funny how that works..... _________________   Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:55 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Very nice! Clean lines, high contrast, and a quality finish. It certainly stands out from the herd. Al _________________   Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:58 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Thanks Al,and I can definitely take that as a compliment...I was just looking at your custom 2240,now that is a pistol!... _________________   Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:33 am BBgunNoob Veteran Member Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 327 Location: Pa looks real nice   Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:31 pm rws_350 Member Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 66 Location: woodstock. georgia I want to drop mine off next, where do i send it ?   Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:24 am Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 rws_350 wrote: I want to drop mine off next, where do i send it ? Sure no problem..of course I need to thoroughly test each gun for a couple months... I gotta make sure everything works for ya bud.... Hey the 60 day test period is free of charge........   Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:01 am kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand Thats very nice... great job on that polishing... pete   Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:20 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Thanks Pete, I had considered doing it with my Disco,but decided against it.Don't want to be too shiny out in the field with the nutters/bunnies etc.   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:51 am yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA That there is kinda purdyish... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:56 am Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Thanks Joe...I just spit an a$$ load of pellets through it yesterday,and this little shooter is more accurate than I figured it ever would be.In other words more accurate than I am....and that ain't saying much.....   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:00 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Practice, Practice, Practice..... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:03 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Hey Mark, Did ya use a little drum sander for the trigger area? I just bead blasted mine for Bench b!tch... so I still have the casting marks... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:47 pm Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 yourdaddyjoe wrote: Hey Mark, Did ya use a little drum sander for the trigger area? I just bead blasted mine for Bench b!tch... so I still have the casting marks... That I did...the 80 grit one...zips it down like right now.320 grit,followed by 0000 steel wool,makes it purdy.Bead blasters rock! It was a bit of overkill shooting it with epoxy clear.From what I gather the grip frames have magnesium in em so no corrosion,just a-little patina over time.Gotta clear the steel polished parts though,as they will start to rust in like 2 minutes just from touching via the salts in your skin. 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