What kind of finishes does Shilen offer for barrels and actions?
STAINLESS STEEL BARRELS– In Stainless barrels your finish options are “left in the white” which means a bright polished finish, “glass peening” provides you with a non reflective “matte” finish, or “teflon coating” with black teflon to more closely resemble a typical matte finish blued steel appearance. CHROME MOLY STEEL BARRELS– When re-barreling a rifle with a Chrome Moly Match Grade or Lone Star Grade barrel, the barrel must at some point be either blued or teflon coated to prevent rusting. We offer two blued finishes for chrome moly steel barrels. The blued options are polished and blued or glass peened and blued. The polished and blued finish is done by polishing the barrel with 180, 240, 320, and 400 grit sanding belts, finishing with a Scotch BriteTM polishing pad, and then bluing. A “glass peened and blued” finish is accomplished by first polishing the barrel with a 180 then a 240 grit polishing belt. The next step is to “peen” the surface by spraying it with fine glass beads
