Trey Veston
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I took apart the custom pre-`64 Model 70 that my elderly father recently gifted me to install the action in a composite stock that he provided, and that I re-coated, and discovered quite a bit of rust.
most of it is mild pitting...
The pictures are after I scrubbed with a brass brush and much cleaning with CLP.
Got it assembled into the new stock..
But the rust has me greatly concerned. This is a pretty valuable action and I plan on keeping it until I die, and actually taking an elk with it.
I assume there are companies, or gunsmiths, that could take it apart and remove the rust and coat it either in something more robust, or re-blue it in the current matte finish.
Any idea what something like that costs? I had a Glock slide hard-chromed once for about $80 twenty years ago and that is the extent of my experience with firearms finishing.
most of it is mild pitting...
The pictures are after I scrubbed with a brass brush and much cleaning with CLP.
Got it assembled into the new stock..
But the rust has me greatly concerned. This is a pretty valuable action and I plan on keeping it until I die, and actually taking an elk with it.
I assume there are companies, or gunsmiths, that could take it apart and remove the rust and coat it either in something more robust, or re-blue it in the current matte finish.
Any idea what something like that costs? I had a Glock slide hard-chromed once for about $80 twenty years ago and that is the extent of my experience with firearms finishing.