You will want to run a lot of hot water through that barrel, while brushing it out. Oven cleaner works well.
With due respect Cantom, there were even a few MkII bolts pinned - a totally useless exercise. People heard something or saw one and thought "I'd better do that to mine just to be safe".
Of course a bolt swap as Tiriaq mentioned is also as possibility.
Mags tend to be full of goop, oven cleaner or an ultrasonic cleaner gets inside, but you won't: they don't come apart! At least we don't have to deal with a mag full of a oil & wax mixture like troops in 1914 sometimes did. I guess you could wash out the mag with gasoline or naptha like they did then. Don't forget to oil the spring and pin etc. when done.
Good quality ###X steel wool with lubrication will get the fine rust off. Bulldog brand isn't what it used to be. Made overseas now probably.
DO NOT steel wool the stock, no matter how tempted you are!
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