fockerolfe
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Need some help/advise on a restore I am working on. I picked up a heavily sporterized 42 code a couple of months ago. Bolt is all matching and also matches the receiver/barrel including the trigger guard bolts and lock screws (trigger guard is matching to itelf but not the reciever). Put it on a Norwegian Luftwaffe stock I had sitting around. Everything is going well so far and I have manufacturer correct (WaA655) front and rear sights reinstalled after removing the lyman front and rear sights.
Next step is to get the rear peep lyman holes welded up and smoothed out and then work on the bluing. The front sight has a small grove for the pin that the lyman used but I may leave that. I've tossed around getting the rifle re-blued but may try to work with what it has on it first. I'm just not sure how to go about aging the re-blue. It looks like it was buffed quite heavily on the receiver and barrel. I would like to tone the buff down and age it a bit to match the other unmolested parts. Any thoughts on what might work best?
Next step is to get the rear peep lyman holes welded up and smoothed out and then work on the bluing. The front sight has a small grove for the pin that the lyman used but I may leave that. I've tossed around getting the rifle re-blued but may try to work with what it has on it first. I'm just not sure how to go about aging the re-blue. It looks like it was buffed quite heavily on the receiver and barrel. I would like to tone the buff down and age it a bit to match the other unmolested parts. Any thoughts on what might work best?