Thread: saved from the drop saw

I stripped down all the metalwork, removed the front sight and started on the rust along the barrel. Although not bad, it was unsightly and the blueing was rather "hit and miss"
I "warm blued" using selenious acid and a heat gun, the finish was pleasing, but I will be setup for rust blueing soon, so if I find this finish poor, I will redo it.



The receiver and trigger guard being alloy, had very little paint left on the surfaces exposed to ware, so I stripped and polished them back for repainting.
Again, I had to make do by "slow baking" the finish on the receiver and trigger guard over the wood fire for a couple of days.
The end results are quite pleasing; I have scoped it and took a hurried sighting in session whilst dodging the weather. I found that it is a definite high velocity shooter. As it intermittently failed to pick up the next round when using subs, but win power points cycled flawlessly, and provided a tight 7 round group.

Not too bad for a Junker.
Greg