My daily shooter is a 1953 Type 2 AK-47. Steel milled receiver, chrome piston group and chrome lined barrel. It has a great trigger and works great but the finish is almost completely worn off. So today I decided to spruce her up a bit. I disassembled, cleaned, ran under extremely hot water to heat it up, dried it off, and applied "Kleenbore" Cold Blueing, and wiped her down with Militech-1.
Before picture: not the original dust cover, it gave off too much refelected light so I threw on a newer one until I got the original refinished.
After picture: with orginal matching serial number dust cover.
Total time to clean, disassemble, heat, cold blue, oil and re assemble was approx. 40 minutes. A tip I learned a long time ago when cold blueing was to heat the parts with Hot water and the blueing comes out more even.
Next I will refurbish the stock, I am not sure which way I will go on it? maybe sand and paint with black rock guard or sand and use a dark wood oil... I haven't decided yet, but then again it will depend on what I find around here in Kabul.
Before picture: not the original dust cover, it gave off too much refelected light so I threw on a newer one until I got the original refinished.
After picture: with orginal matching serial number dust cover.
Total time to clean, disassemble, heat, cold blue, oil and re assemble was approx. 40 minutes. A tip I learned a long time ago when cold blueing was to heat the parts with Hot water and the blueing comes out more even.
Next I will refurbish the stock, I am not sure which way I will go on it? maybe sand and paint with black rock guard or sand and use a dark wood oil... I haven't decided yet, but then again it will depend on what I find around here in Kabul.
