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Posted: 3/30/2006 2:25:29 PM EDT
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what bluing method are you going to use? and the extractor was blued or painted by the russians, they seemed to use something different on the extractor than they did for the other metal parts. -mark |
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Posted: 3/31/2006 1:49:52 PM EDT
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When my gunsmith reblued my k98 the extractor and a band of metal in the bolt release turned red. The gunsmith said it was because the metal was different-hardened or something. I don't remember exactly what he said; it just had something to do with the properties of the metal.
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Posted: 3/31/2006 1:53:27 PM EDT
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I'mgoing to use Brownells Oxpho blue cold blue. Awesome stuff! This is not a Russian capture rifle and there are no import marks because my Gramps brought her home with him in late 45.
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Posted: 3/31/2006 2:10:12 PM EDT
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 that would probably be one of the last rifles on earth I'd refinish. 
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Posted: 4/1/2006 2:39:33 AM EDT
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REbluing will cut its value by at least one half.
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Posted: 4/1/2006 11:39:19 AM EDT
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 www.surplusrifle.com/reviews/bluewonderblue/index.asp Read that article and buy Blue Wonder, and get a propane torch. 10 times better than any cold blue i've ever tried to do touch ups with. Especially considering your gonna be doing the whole gun. Cold blue sucks for touch ups let alone a project like that. |
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Posted: 4/1/2006 1:41:25 PM EDT
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The parts that turn red-purpleish are spring steel.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:59:04 PM EDT
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Personally I wouldn't spend more than $150 on this rifle if it wasn't given to me. There is literally NO blue on the barrel or receiver and not one part matches except the sights, trigger and barrel. She is just a battlefield piece gun that gramps picked up near Bastogne and there are no capture papers and he doesn't remember if he was ever issued them. Now, back to the original question.........was the cleaning rod, butt plate and recoil lug blued? |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 2:09:54 PM EDT
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I'll gladly take it off your hands then.  back to topic. I used the brownells cold blue paste on my RC Mutt. Came out really nice. Works better if you heat it before. |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 1:39:39 PM EDT
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Anyone here know? Some pics that I find have the buttplate blued and other pics don't.
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