PB,
Looks to me that you're doing a great job. Particularly the long tang.
You've probably already gone past this, but my input is that the short trigger guard needed more work with the lower grades of sandpaper, to take down the fine pits. I used about 4 sandpaper grit levels and then finished with Norton 3X 320 grit abrasive foam pads. The key for me was getting all the fine pits out with the lower grits before I went to the next finer.
I carded with a hand brush from Brownells since I don't have anything to drive a wheel. I used Brownells Classic Rust blue.
Hopefully the image posts. It is a military trigger guard that I filed for a Swedish Mauser. Best of luck.
