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    Cold Blue Experimenting

    I like Brownells Oxpho Creme for cold bluing.
    It just takes multiple.....slooooow application after application.
    Have a SG flat bolt than came on a recent buy. It was parked, but someone tried some cold blue on just the flat top. Looked horrible when I pulled it.
    Stripped the old blue and park with Muratic acid....rinsed/de-greased with Lacquer Thinner and blew it dry. Poured some Oxpho Creme in a zip lock and left it over night.
    Just pulled it and lightly buffed with a piece of oily #4 steel wool.
    Came out very nice. Lazy way worked for once.

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    Hi Charlie-painter777,

    gives the Brownells a complete equal surface without stains ?

    Regards

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    You Forgot Something

    Hint: charlie, you always post the most beautiful pic's!

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    The Wife and Daughter took the camera tonight to some horsey thing out at my stables.
    I wanted to take pics of a batch of stocks I just finished, especially my Hi-wood I cut RMC........

    Their laughing about it !

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    BHP -

    I can remember a time that doesn't seem long ago when Chariie was a carbine newbie like I was, didn't take very good pictures (OK, terrible photos), and needed help to post photos on forums.

    Now he's one of the best in every aspect, including helping new people through personal emails and helps others every chance he has!

    He's a very fast learner and knows everything better than I do now.

    Great work Charlie! Keep it up OK?
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    Harlan,
    It's not that I hadn't owned carbines.....they had been here mixed in with mine and my Fathers gun collections for years.
    I have many of the Winchester Commemorative rifles, that my Father and I collected over the years.
    I was 5 years old when I got my first set of Winchester Buffalo Bill consecutive serial numbered set. They were bought 2nd hand, but unfired still in the box. Pretty cool Christmas present..........but tough when told you can never shoot these. We kept the levers tied with twine to keep anyone from wanting to rack it when showing them. All kept in the packing grease.
    At last count I think we have over 80 rifles. Most are presentation rifles and consecutive serial numbered match sets. 90% still in the box and unfired.
    He had and I now care for an extensive collection of Civil war relics, swords, uniforms and rifles. Springfield model 1861's, 1853 Enfield, Burnside Carbine (sp ? ) ....etc. Some collector grade others wall hangers. Along with his beloved pocket Colt collection.
    Plus hundreds of pocket watches, knives and his coin collections.

    After he started getting over come with that Damn Alzheimers.....I just happened to start looking into his time spent in WWII. He was in the Engineers and served 2 tours in the PTO. I dug out his carbine he brought home with the help of a Australians duffel bag. He had noticed the GI's were being searched unloading from the transport and the allies with them passed straight thru. I remember it took every dime he had to try to fill the guy up with beer to get his carbine back. It broke him, so he hitched from San Fran to Nashville. This was the same guy my Father won that 1 of 10,000 Colt made for Argentinaicon model of 1927 1911A1 .45 playing cards.
    With the help of the .45 guys I found out this is all original and matching except for the frt sight.

    Here's a link to more pics of that one.........
    Colt-Argentine model of 1927 pictures by Painter8439 - Photobucket

    So I started asking questions about a WWII Winchester 5,573,898 M1icon carbine. That's about all I knew about it at the time. Have met some great people along the way......and a few to stay away from. Dug out another one later called a Underwood and the fever begain !

    Don't know what I'll do after he passes one day. Figuring out the rest looks like it will take another life time.

    The CULPRIT.........


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    Charlie,

    I'm still surprised your wife lets you use the table without a pad. Scratches and oil?

    Jim

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    Rec room table in the basement.

    Charlie

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    Ohhhhh! So that's how she deals with you so well.

    (She keeps you locked in the basement!)

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    Charlie, thats some story and a bunch of rich memories to grow up with. My Dad only brought wounds back from WWII and I never did get the full story of how he got them. Like so many other veterans, he wasn't lucky enough to bring back great souvenirs... But back to your guns...

    In removing the old park, I would have never had the guts to use muratic acid. Did the metal show any negative signs or damage when you rinsed it off?

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