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Quoted: Here's pics of the St. Marie drill/tap mount on my restored K-31. I don't recommend these unless you have resurrected a real beater. Mine was rusted, and the stock cracked. After some extensive rebluing and a new stock, I used the drill & tap mount. It's VERY solid, but does offset from the left so you either have to use a cheek pad or use your left eye to sight it (I like it, but it's strange getting used to). It's less than half the $$ for the drill/tap mount, still allows stripper clip loading, and you don't have to use an LER scope which is nice. But, again, you have to permanently alter the gun so don't bubba something you'll regret later.
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what did you use to re-blue, and what steps did you take?
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I used Brownells Oxpho Blue. Very good, for a cold blue.
I stripped the old blue with Navel Jelly, then polished the metal with jeweler's rouge and followed it with steel wool and brake cleaner to wash away the gunk. Then some denatured alcohol and once dry, I put the metal in the oven at 120 degrees for 15 minutes. If it's warm, the bluing works much better, much more evenly. I did 3 coats, hitting the metal in between with 0000 steel wool then alcohol to clean and back in the oven.
Once I was done, I sprayed the entire gun down with CLP, and with a CLP-soaked rag went over the whole gun thorougly.
It worked VERY well, the gun is deep blue/black and is holding up very well.
Matthew_Q, I had my friend who's a machinist do the drill & tap. It's a chore, the receiver is HARD, and lining it up along the bore axis is crucial so best left to someone with a machine shop or a gunsmith.