Lol. I hope it's not too pretentious that I'm posting this in the gunsmithing section; I am by no means qualified to use that title, but it is the most relevant forum section.
So I happened across a well-priced Winchester 94 (1978 production) with almost 0 finish left on it. If you've known me for any length of time, you should know I'm a restless soul. I must always be doing something and amassing project after project on my plate until I have no hope of free time.
Anyways, I've decided on the slow rust bluing process for the Winchester 94 refinish. However, I know enough to know that I don't know anything and I definitely don't want my first attempt to be on a rifle that deserves a quality refinish job.
So when Mrfelixxx posted that he had some junk gun parts that had been sitting outside for 15 years, I thought I would be able to find some excellent candidates for some practice. And I was right...
The Two revolvers
The 30-30 on the bottom (Sears Roebuck)
Look what was hiding under the grime on the stock:
Other than the butt plate, this is absolutely salvageable.
Stephens 12ga SxS
Cracked stock and seized internals.
I didn't actually get another picture of the revolvers before I start disassembling. Yes, Ketchup does work on the brass when you don't have brass-o. Not quite as well, but when you're ballin' on a budget...
The screws in the revolvers are pretty seized up. Got all but 3 out among the two. Trying to use PB blaster until they let go; definitely don't want to strip the screws. Ordered a better screwdriver set than what I've got presently.
And no project is complete without an assistant:
Finals next week and then I'll have a few weeks to really knock out all the projects I've stacked up. Wish me luck! I'll post progress pics throughout the process.
So I happened across a well-priced Winchester 94 (1978 production) with almost 0 finish left on it. If you've known me for any length of time, you should know I'm a restless soul. I must always be doing something and amassing project after project on my plate until I have no hope of free time.
Anyways, I've decided on the slow rust bluing process for the Winchester 94 refinish. However, I know enough to know that I don't know anything and I definitely don't want my first attempt to be on a rifle that deserves a quality refinish job.
So when Mrfelixxx posted that he had some junk gun parts that had been sitting outside for 15 years, I thought I would be able to find some excellent candidates for some practice. And I was right...
The Two revolvers
The 30-30 on the bottom (Sears Roebuck)
Look what was hiding under the grime on the stock:
Other than the butt plate, this is absolutely salvageable.
Stephens 12ga SxS
Cracked stock and seized internals.
I didn't actually get another picture of the revolvers before I start disassembling. Yes, Ketchup does work on the brass when you don't have brass-o. Not quite as well, but when you're ballin' on a budget...
The screws in the revolvers are pretty seized up. Got all but 3 out among the two. Trying to use PB blaster until they let go; definitely don't want to strip the screws. Ordered a better screwdriver set than what I've got presently.
And no project is complete without an assistant:
Finals next week and then I'll have a few weeks to really knock out all the projects I've stacked up. Wish me luck! I'll post progress pics throughout the process.
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