I bought a grade 1 kit from Dan's The finish *looks* like paint (very nice at that) but it ain't! After reading reports on this board about the "crappy easy-to-remove finish" that comes off with rubbing alcohol on these kits, I tried to figure out how I would remove the paint. Well the paint turned out to be tougher than I thought. Here's what I tried to remove the finish with:
1) Hoppes No 9 = No effect
2) Sweet's 7.62 = No effect
3) Rubbing Alcohol = No effect
4) Naval Jelly = No effect
Alas, short of sandblasting, the finish (which looks real nice BTW -- did I say that already?) is here to stay. My plan once the receiver arrives is to hit the whole thing with a coat of Moly-Resin over the top of this finish -- just to make things look uniform. What did those Radom arsenal boys coat this gun with? I'd love to know!
Sudboy