Scratch on Receiver

[Assy McGee]

Hello everyone !! Happy New Years !!! New to the forum and i have a question. Just got an 870 for X-mas and already put a scratch on the receiver and it's bothering me cause it's really noticeable. I hope to one day give this gun to my son and i don't want to give him an all-scratched up American icon. I'll try to attach a picture so you guys can see. I guess my question is, how do i remove scratches from receiver ? If it's even possible. Thanks and any advice would appreciated .

[Synchronizor]

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your new acquisition.

You can just use a little bluing compound (available at pretty much any half-decent store that deals in firearms) to re-blue the metal where the original finish was scraped off. If your gun has the Express finish, the bluing will offer a similar level of protection. If you have a parkerized gun, cold-bluing won't be as tough, but it'll certainly be better than nothing. The color with the new bluing may not be a perfect match, but it'll be a whole lot less noticeable than the bare metal.

While I don't abuse my 870, I don't exactly baby it either, and it has light nicks and scratches all over. I've never really had a problem with rust, and I don't mind the look of honest wear, so I only break out the bluing compound for really serious cases, or when I actively modify some part.

[Carlo1137]

I would just leave the scratch. It wont harm your 870. the only other thing you can do is make it in to a project gun with your son and then give it to him. You can always duracoat it. Plenty of youtube video on how to duracoat. Or you can have it parkerized.

[Assy McGee]

Thanks a lot guys. I think i'm going to try Bluing Compound first. If that doesn't do it, i'll Duracoat it

[Kentactic]

If my dad gave me a shotgun id want it to be all scratched up with his experiences. what good is an off the shelf gun with no character for sentimental purposes. Just my .02

[Assy McGee]

It probably wouldn't be bothering that much if i hadn't scratched it so fast ( in less than a week of owning it). And it somehow happened while i was cleaning it It's not even like i scratched it while actually using it

[TYFOON]

Grab one of these:)

Very handy for this sort of thing.

https://www.google.com/shopping/product ... CFMQ8wIwAA

[Randomguns]

Here's a link with some reviews http://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Casey-P ... e+Touch+Up Personally I think you're a long way from the Duracoat boat. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea but if you're going to go that route, go use the crap out of it first. I would even strip and rattle-can before doing that (And have done so with 2 guns) so you can be sure what you want the end result to be.

[ecv]

Grab one of these:)

Very handy for this sort of thing.

https://www.google.com/shopping/product ... CFMQ8wIwAA

+1..... Works great for small scratches!