I picked up a few squirrels over the past month or so. This one was in very bad shape. 1972, rust, pits, you name it...
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First disassembled the whole thing to see just how bad it all is.
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The barrel looked like the feed tube.
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The stock was not in too bad a shape, just alot of wear.
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Put the barrel on the lathe, sanded and turned it to get the rust and pitting gone.
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The barrel was an experiment, did some creative bluing and got it to turn Bronze/Brown
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Bead Blasted the receiver, trigger guard and front sight.
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Refinished the stock.
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Sorry no pics of bolt, it has been polished accurized and jeweled. The Trigger group has been cleaned and trigger pull down to 4 lbs. Thinking about opening up again and getting it down to 3lbs.
Also waiting for Duracoat to arrive so I can finish the job. Either going glossy black, OD green or Dark Earth.
Stay tooned!!!
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