Touching Up Blued Metal Scratches

[Crudders32]

I have a remington 7600 that is in near perfect condition.  From being in my gun cabinet next to my bolt action rifles it has gotten scratched on the reciever.  There are just a few minor sctatches just behind the ejection port caused by the bolt handles.  The metal has a glossy blued finish and since the rest of the gun is in such good condition I didn't want to mess it up more by trying to fix this.  Does anyone have some suggestions of methods and products to touch up these scratches?  Thanks.

[gunnut69]

I use the cold blue called OxphoBlue from Brownells.  Use the directions supplied.  I prefer the liquid to the paste. The material is applied and then rubbed off.  Before reapplying the area is buffed with steel wool to burnish the metal.  If metal was actually moved on your rifle this won't help, but if it's just a minor scratch in the bluing it will camoflage it to some extent... A lot depends on the depth of the scratch, but it should help some..