Dislcaimer:
I have never restored, or attempted to restore a firearm in my life. To call my knowledge or experience in restoring/gunsmithing "amateur" is being generous.
That being said, I've always wanted to learn this stuff, and with a 10/22 project on the go for my lady (updates for that coming soon) I wanted a gun to learn on. I found a suitable candidate on the EE from a very nice gentleman, and it arrived a few days ago. My plan is pretty simple- make this gun look/function better than it did when I got it. I'm going to tear it down and clean/refinish the metal parts, and refinish the stock.
I started on the trigger guard first, because I wanted to test out my new dremel stands/accessories. My plan is to re-blue this metal, or cerakote it gloss black if that doesn't work out. I also thought about polishing it, but that seems like a huge pain
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Last night I worked on cleaning up the magazine tube that was just in need of a good polish:
To this:
The bolt was grimy and sticky:
So I hit it with some hoppes and steel wool, then with a wire wheel, and then I finished it with some Fitz. I'm hoping to re-blue the metal on this as well.
I wire wheeled the rest of the receiver and barrel that I could reach, and there doesn't appear to be any major pitting. I'm going to figure out how to tear it down, then remove all the bluing from everything I can with rough steel wool and a vinegar bath. Then i'll clean everything up as best as I can, re-blue it, and put it all back together. My plan for the stock is to strip it with Citristrip, sand it, hit it with a Walnut stain, and then finish with a couple coats of Tru-Oil.
I have never restored, or attempted to restore a firearm in my life. To call my knowledge or experience in restoring/gunsmithing "amateur" is being generous.
That being said, I've always wanted to learn this stuff, and with a 10/22 project on the go for my lady (updates for that coming soon) I wanted a gun to learn on. I found a suitable candidate on the EE from a very nice gentleman, and it arrived a few days ago. My plan is pretty simple- make this gun look/function better than it did when I got it. I'm going to tear it down and clean/refinish the metal parts, and refinish the stock.
I started on the trigger guard first, because I wanted to test out my new dremel stands/accessories. My plan is to re-blue this metal, or cerakote it gloss black if that doesn't work out. I also thought about polishing it, but that seems like a huge pain
Before:
After:
Last night I worked on cleaning up the magazine tube that was just in need of a good polish:
To this:
The bolt was grimy and sticky:
So I hit it with some hoppes and steel wool, then with a wire wheel, and then I finished it with some Fitz. I'm hoping to re-blue the metal on this as well.
I wire wheeled the rest of the receiver and barrel that I could reach, and there doesn't appear to be any major pitting. I'm going to figure out how to tear it down, then remove all the bluing from everything I can with rough steel wool and a vinegar bath. Then i'll clean everything up as best as I can, re-blue it, and put it all back together. My plan for the stock is to strip it with Citristrip, sand it, hit it with a Walnut stain, and then finish with a couple coats of Tru-Oil.
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