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