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A friend brought this 1890 Winchester .22 Short by today for some TLC.
The gun was actually in remarkable condition with a lot of remaining blue and perfect bore.
It appears the rust just happened within the last few years, as there was very little pitting under it.
I totally dissembled it, and knocked all the rust off with a Fine Wire Carding Wheel on my Buffer.
0000 Steel Wool & oil where I couldn't get with the wire wheel.
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=6762/psize=96/Product/-0025-STAINLESS-STEEL-BRUSHING-WHEELS
Turned out to be not to shabby under all that rust.
Wish I could have got a before & after photo in the sun outside, but by the time I got it done, it was raining.
rc
The gun was actually in remarkable condition with a lot of remaining blue and perfect bore.
It appears the rust just happened within the last few years, as there was very little pitting under it.
I totally dissembled it, and knocked all the rust off with a Fine Wire Carding Wheel on my Buffer.
0000 Steel Wool & oil where I couldn't get with the wire wheel.
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=6762/psize=96/Product/-0025-STAINLESS-STEEL-BRUSHING-WHEELS
Turned out to be not to shabby under all that rust.
Wish I could have got a before & after photo in the sun outside, but by the time I got it done, it was raining.
rc
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