Thread: Superdiver’s carl gustav 6.5

About 2 weeks ago now i was talking to @superdiver on Messenger
The conversation turned to this rusty old carl gustav 6.5 he had sitting in his safe and that he would never use it so I could have it if I wanted (im not one to say no to an offer like that )

He sent me some pictures and explaned that it used to belong to to a farmer mate




It was easy to see it was pretty rough however I have a fair amount of experience cleaning up rifles
So I wasn’t worried

A couple weeks later I manned to catch up with superdiver
And take the rifle off his hands along with his 308 which im going to do some loading for

The 1st job was to get rid of the rust and all the old blueing (what was left of it)
The wire wheel on the bench grinder made short work of it
And a bit of butch wood casy blue and rust remover and a brush for the tight spots


I like the wire wheel as it takes all the rust and blue off without damaging the steel so leaves it ready for blueing With no other prep
I thought before i refinish the steel I would give the bore a good clean as it was filthy
After half an hour of scrubbing by hand I pulled out the heavy artillery

To my Surprise the bore (all 16 inches of it) isn’t too bad and it should still shoot nicely

I then reblued useing butch wood casy super blue
I know cold blue isn’t the best but I have a fair amount of experience with it and find I get a good finish


Next was to do something with the stock Originally planed just to tidy it up and give it a couple of coats of black
But then i spyed this stuff

It reminded me of this HS precision finish


Was told it wouldn’t stick to plastic without primer
So I brought a silver primer+paint
Thinking it would be hidden by the top coat anyway

After a couple of coats of matte clear coat to give it some extra durability

Introducing the silver slayer


Certainly different and tbh I reckon it’s quite cool
Just come out a little bit more slilver than expected I think due to the base coat

I reckon its a neat finish just need to find out how it handles use

Looks good I like the paint, does it come in other shades ? I will have a glass stock to repaint shortly I reckon I'll give it a go with a black or dark green primer

@dannyb I think it comes in a brown Colour also not 100 %sure
The other thing you could do is coat it with that then a black top coat as it’s quite gritty and does need something over the top to make it less aggressive (other reason for a couple of coats of clear in my case) bu you could do another Colour over the top and just use the granite stuff for texture/grip

Well done as that's come up nicely

You don't see alot of those rifles around anymore.... thousands of them were bought into the country and sold off back in the mid 90's and i often wonder where they've all gone.

I've used that spray on granite before and wished i'd been told it needed a primer as the person who gave you that info was right... it won't hold without being primed and also glad that you've sealed it aswell.

Gave it a nikon monarch for testing

man you sure have given it a birthday and a half......look forward to seeing a range report. it looks like it will be a great carry rifle.

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

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Gave it a nikon monarch for testing

Did you use a matte clear coat ?

I love the Swedish 6.5x55’s and have a few in my small collection. If you need some brass yell out. Happy to Pm you with my personal loads, provided you accept all responsibility for what you create charge wise.

Fantastic work mate

@Ingrid 51 will give you a pm later tonight
Sounds great

Originally Posted by dannyb

Did you use a matte clear coat ?

@dannyb
Yeah sure did mate

How much blue did you go through for the job. Rifle came up a treat, well done

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Originally Posted by Tuidog

How much blue did you go through for the job. Rifle came up a treat, well done

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@Tuidog about half a bottle (little blue ones)

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

@Tuidog about half a bottle (little blue ones)

Just the one coat or a couple?

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For those interested mainly @dannyb


Sanded the stock with 150g to scratch it up And cleaned with Alcohol
Then from left to right one coat metallic aluminium (bad choice as a base maybe) a quick sand (lightly) Then 3 coats of duramax as per instructions then 2 coats of the matte clear

Be sure to wipe of the dust after sanding