I’ve tried everything. For the money, Cerakote is probably the best for wear + looks. You can go to the Cerakote website and look at lots of colors on lots of guns. Parkerizing is second on my list, and fairly easy to accomplish at home if you’re handy and have access to sandblast equipment.
JKhan Noblesse b. 25 cal PCP air rifle with moderator. Very accurate, very quiet. Perfect for squirrel and pests or just plinking. Tuned for pellets at about 950 FPS.
Cleaning out the safe, tired of moving these things around.
Top - Wards Delux Mod 60 20ga pump.
Middle - Stevens Mod 67 12ga pump.
Bottom - NEF Pardner 410.
Get some stainless steel pot scrubbers from wal mart, it'll remove the chunks with little to no damage to the rest of the finish. From there you can either 1) Boil the parts to convert the remaining rust. or 2)soak in Evap-o-rust for a day or so. I prefer the Evap-o-rust if i'm going to...