Gun restoration near Pensacola, FL?

[Ross1147]

May not be the right forum to post this in, but does anyone know of a good gun restoration / smith around pensacola, FL?

My father in law had his house badly damaged last year in hurricane sally and had to move all his household goods into storage pods (including his guns ). Well, here we are a year later and he just pulled his guns out and they are rusted something bad. Assuming only way to fix this is someone who knows how to strip the guns down to bare metal and then re-blue? Thanks.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

These would need to be taken apart, wood refinished, metal stripped down, polished and blued. Basically like sending out a rare firearm to be restored. $$$$$ There are still a few Gunsmiths that do "Hot Bluing", but not many and will cost you. It is so expensive for the process, equipment. chemicals. Most firearm owners go to Cerakoting because of the availability and cost.
Also depending on the make/model/value of the firearms would it worth it to refinish or replace?
If you can wait until the beginning of 2022. I could refinish the wood, blast the metal down and Cerakote. Unfortunately I just had surgery for my spine this morning and will out of commission for another month. Along with that I am in the middle of renovating my GS shop with all new equipment and can't finish until the beginning of 2022.
I am amped up on the pain meds right now so reading and posting on LRH to keep my mind off of the operation.
Thanks
Len & Jill

 

[shortgrass]

I have said this before, "Consider this, if they're that rusty on the outside, they're rusty on the inside, too".

 

[Bucklowery]

If he has not already need to break them down and get surface rust off and stopped

Thanks

Buck

 

[Ross1147]

Thanks for the responses all. I knew it would be big $$ to fix. The guns aren't worth too much to begin with. I think the nicest one was a Belgium A5. It's more of a sentimental thing seeing most were his dads/grandpas guns. Hard lesson learned here for him.