pastprime2
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- Dec 31, 2007
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Hi, new to posting here so if this request is in the wrong place someone please tell me where to post it...
I have a Win 1892 in pretty rough shape. I have decided to try a slow rust bluing on the rifle. I'm a gun "tinkerer" of many years but this will be my first attemp to refinish a rifle.
My question concerns the preparation of the metal..I have read here and other places that the better the polish job the better the final result, but I do not know exactly how the metal should look after polishing.
1. Should I try to get all the dark spots out??? They look like they are deep in the metal.
2. Should the metal be absolutely bright with no inperfections??? Looks like that would mean taking away a lot of metal even where the small pits are.
3. Does anyone have any pictures of gun metal polished and ready to blue that they would share???
Any info would be greatly appreciated,
Tks
I have a Win 1892 in pretty rough shape. I have decided to try a slow rust bluing on the rifle. I'm a gun "tinkerer" of many years but this will be my first attemp to refinish a rifle.
My question concerns the preparation of the metal..I have read here and other places that the better the polish job the better the final result, but I do not know exactly how the metal should look after polishing.
1. Should I try to get all the dark spots out??? They look like they are deep in the metal.
2. Should the metal be absolutely bright with no inperfections??? Looks like that would mean taking away a lot of metal even where the small pits are.
3. Does anyone have any pictures of gun metal polished and ready to blue that they would share???
Any info would be greatly appreciated,
Tks