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My "Mayberry Krag", a 40s-50s era Krag Sporter in an E.C. Bishop white-line stock, needs better buttplate screws. They are rough, as the gun was stored for a while when I was deployed in a damp room on carpet. Thoughts?
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Can they be refinished or are they beyond that? Do you have a friend with a lathe, it will only take a couple minuets. I suppose you could do them by hand but a lathe would be a big help.
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Why not use an electric drill
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IIRC the original screws should be plated. You can remove the plating and then polish the screw heads in some sort of spinning arrangement such as a lathe or drill motor with some abrasive cloth or sandpaper.
However the resulting circular polishing marks are unsightly to some, so the screw heads need to be final-polished in a direction that leaves all remaining polishing marks parallel to the screwdriver slot.
After final polishing, I've found that Oxpho-Blue Gel is quite effective at recoloring to a nice rather dull blue but it takes 3-4 applications with THOROUGH degreasing between applications as well as applying it using DEGREASED fine steel wool.
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They're pretty heavily pitted. Just want a pair that look pretty decent already blued. New if I can get them.
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Brownell's sells them buttplate screws
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That's 10 of 'em, and I only need 2. Shipping's as much as the screws there, too.
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Go to the screw store and buy the closest you can find to what you have. They'll probably be cad plated. "Burn" the cad plating off with a propane torch (in a well ventilated area). Polish and blue.
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