Fixed my 1917 with the shaved ears and got a sporter out of the deal

Hi fellas I posted a while back in the 1903 forum I bought a 1903 after I took it apart it was pitted horribly under the wood. I traded the 1903 back to the seller for a 1917. I didn't notice for over a week that the ears were shaved on the rifle. I bought a 2nd 1917 that I put pics up on here and I was happy with it. But then I found a sporter with a good receiver and shiney barrel and bought that and switched the metal. The serial numbers were only 21,000 apart the original was 759xxx and the new is 738xxx. So now I have 2 proper 1917 and one sporter 1917 that I might actually keep. Here's the pics of the new.

Looks nice, now you need an early 1907 sling for it or a Kerr sling...and blade.

Yes one day I have to save for a while. I'd eventually like to get a WWI uniform also.

I was glad to get a correct receiver for my Eddystone but something didn't look right about the bluing. There were shiney areas and dull areas. Then it dawned on me that someone painted the metal to make it shiney. So I scrubbed and scrubbed with 0000 steel wool and the parkerization started showing up from under the paint. Well I'm not finished but it's apparent the parkerization is in great shape! I think the paint protected the parkerization so it looks real nice. I'm sure this 1917 was originally blued so it must have gone back for rebuild

Header should have been......Had a pleasant SURPRISE.

If you stop with steel wool and use acetone and a stiff nylon brush, the paint will run off like food coloring and the parkerizing will be as new looking as it was when the paint was applied...unless it's suncorite and it's baked on. That's different for removal... The acetone may eat the brush through time though.