JayC
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The parkerized heat shield I ordered from Mossberg finally came yesterday. One thing is for sure, this thing is solid compared to the ATI standard heat shield I have. I really like the way it looks having the blued barrel "sandwiched" between a parkerized heat shield and magazine tube. Anyway, I had a bear of a time getting the front tabs bent far enough for the little bolts to make it through. As a result I have added to my collection of heat shield scratches on my blued barrel. I thought about the Birchwood Casey rebluing kit, but I don't want to redo the whole barrel if I can avoid it. Can I just get a bottle of, say, Birchwood Casey's bluing compound and put that on the scratches? Would rubbing alcohol be a good degreaser/cleaner to prep the barrel? Would the bluing compound affect the existing bluing at all? What would be the best way to smooth the scratch out? I've got some 320 grit sandpaper if that would help.