[crock]

Is there any process that makes a stainless gun look like a blued gun?

 

[pisgah]

Yes, I believe there are a couple of processes that will blue (usually more black) stainless, but I have to say I know nothing useful about them.

 

[unclepaddy]

The pre-64 model 70 in .264 mag I used to own had a stainless barrel, and it was blued. IIRC, there was an intermediate plating that had to go on before it would take the blue.

 

[oneoldsap]

Remington used to have blued stainless barrels at one time also !

 

[MikeG]

Just put "oxide coatings stainless steel" into your search engine and you''ll get all you wanted on the topic, and likely more

 

[gunplumber]

Brownells sells Oxynate 84 which is used to blacken SS. It is not for the home smith as hot tanks are employed. A lot of smiths don't use it unless they have considerable call for it because the mixed storage life is very short, unlike Oxynate 7 for chrome-molly. I'm not aware of any "cold" application that will suffice. Call some smiths in your area and ask if they blacken SS bbls.