I'm planning to tax stamp an 870 shotgun. Steel receiver, blued finish. I had two main areas I'm unclear about.
1: How should I go about doing the engraving? I already asked my local gunsmith and he said he couldn't do it. Should I just seek another gunsmith who can, or is this something a non-gunsmith such as myself could do without much difficulty?
2: Once the engraving somehow gets there, that's going to compromise the blued finish, right? Can I just cold-blue the engraving? What route should I be going on rust-prevention of the engraved area?
Thanks for any advice.
1: How should I go about doing the engraving? I already asked my local gunsmith and he said he couldn't do it. Should I just seek another gunsmith who can, or is this something a non-gunsmith such as myself could do without much difficulty?
2: Once the engraving somehow gets there, that's going to compromise the blued finish, right? Can I just cold-blue the engraving? What route should I be going on rust-prevention of the engraved area?
Thanks for any advice.