Nearest to this price I could find is on GunsInternational; amateurish restock. I just got home from work, let the dogs out, got out the Ed's Red and my max abrasive for barrels which is grey ScotchBrite spinning in the slot in a fiberglass rod. Then 4-ought steel wool and more Ed's Red. Then JB's bore paste on a kleenex wrapped on a brass brush on a 3-piece aluminum rod with the handle removed and also spun by a cordless. Surprise, surprise! The right bore is super and what I thought were one of two deep pits are gone in the left but some frosting fwd the chamber at 9 O'Clock. Then slackum and rotten stone on a felt rubber for the woody bits particularly on the stock faces where I took off a really old but very nice because thin lace-on extender. Good buttplate under there altho proud. Might put the lace-on back on as the gun is just slightly summer-short for me at 13-3/4" LOP.
So it's all scrubbed out and some heavy Mobil synthetic on the knuckle and bolting. Removing barrels easier now as that hook in there isn't sticking. However, I still seem to need to turn it upside down to get the barrels off first try. Also took some paste cold blue and spotted the brightly scrubbed frame per Pipes ideas, some on the barrel balls and the upper tang and lever, let it bite a bit and then moved it bit with my finger. I think it's the best I've ever done at "worn and fading case color" [sic]. Course it's all shades of grey but that's OK. Got those usual ring dents at the muzzles but not too bad in the right. Exterior barrels is really nice but I'm sure they've been reblued; doesn't smell like cold blue. This may be my all-time best time at quicky cosmetic "restoration".
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