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Ros1968
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Sorry about the lighting in the pics, Cloudy New England morning
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Ros1968
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smerdon42
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Row I am in New England as well mate it was cloudy this morning , I have a nice little lithgow collection going .give me shout out sometime mate maybe we can plink a few rounds off with the old warhorses
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Shamu
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Ros1968. If your camera has a +/- button (exposure compensation) turn it to +2. It'll compensate for the pale colored towel. |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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englishman_ca
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From this distance (I'm in Ontario), the pitting that you highlight looks to be non consequential.
I would not worry too much about it. Just stop any active rust so it doesn't get any worse hidden below the wood line. It is a bit of a moisture trap right there. Water can easily get in and then it sits in the small gap being held there by capillary action. I always wipe a coating of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) on my metalwork under the wood on rifles that will be accompanying me into the field. This is an officially prescribed method of preventing corrosion going back to the early days of the Lee Metford. The oiler bottles found in the butt stock trap have a little spoon in the lid for spooning out the petroleum jelly for use as a protectorant. The oilers were not originally designed to hold oil. I find Vaseline to have 101 uses in the workshop. All my spare parts get wiped with a Vaseline rag before they go into the bins for storage. I have an artist's brush for getting into crevices. None of them rust, some have been at the bottom of the bins for 20 years or more in a damp unheated garage. This is a trick that I learnt from an old knife maker. All my bayonets in scabbards get the Vaseline wipe. My hunting knives too. Vaseline is clean and almost tasteless. One wipe with a clean rag and my hunting knife is ready to cut cheese or sausage. The main ingredient in Cosmoline is petroleum jelly with rust inhibitors and stabilisers added. When restoring older Lees, I don't dismount the barrel and do it separately. I usually just slow rust blue the barrelled receiver as one unit. I swear by the product 'Laurel Mountain Forge' degreasing and browning solution. I have tried many different rusting solutions (including common table salt, it works!) and Laurel MF works best for me. Be careful as to how much of a beautiful hot blue finish you create. Too nice and your rifle will looked like it has been tarted up like a 100 year old gal with red lipstick and make up.
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hoadie
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This is veerrryy intersting.
Wish I knew this before I messed up the old Croposchek(?) |
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Ros1968
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Thanks Englishman_ca,
I plan on starting with the Barrel and Action being blued together as one (like you advised),going slowly, doing two coats initially, carding after each coat. The goal is to reach that point of where a 102 year old mil surp would be if it had been very well taken care of over the years, not tartering her up. I am undecided as to whether to hot rust blue or Oil Blacked the bands, nosecap, etc., but I have another week to think about it as this weekend I will clean and degrease the metal and work on the wood. What do you use to plug the barrel during hot bluing? Thanks Seamus (Ros1968)
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englishman_ca
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I dont hot blue. I slow rust blue by hand and the bore is untouched.
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