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I used a 0000 steel wool that I use for polishing guitar finishes. The finish survived roughly 4 hours in a rolling boil with bronze brushings every half hour or so. The only part of the rifle that...

Im not interested in removing it, only figuring out if it is original. If not then I may move on from there.
What color did suncorite tend to be?

It also resists a brass pick and phosphor brush like a blued finish would, so I am really just stumped.
The magazine was definitely painted at some point. The paint melted off in the boiling water.

Everything has been through a rust conversion and cleaning. All the parts seem to be normal bluing for the most part (bands,screws,sight leaf,etc). There are worn spots on these parts that look like...

Agreed. working on it now

I have a Mk1 in pretty complete condition. It was a part of a batch I did some conservation work on for my step mom recently.
I ended up buying the rifle and I have some questions about the finish....