Any reason to not re-blue my bolt and receiver on my .303

[Whitey_Vic]

Hi Guys I have a no 1 mark 3 1915 Lithgow not all matching numbers im afraid, but I love it anyway. After a lot of years she was looking a bit sad, so I re-oiled her, blued the trigger guard, and nose cap which came up great. Is the any reason for me to not re blue the bolt, receiver, and mag?

Cheers

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[browningautorifle]

If you've already done the other parts, then go ahead. Besides, it's your rifle so...

[soyarm]

no reason not to as it stands now

[Whitey_Vic]

Would I need to pull the bolt apart to blue it, I figured when I rinse it off to just use boiling hot water so I font get any rust inside the bolt then re oil. Would this be ok?

[tbonesmith]

I'd strip it for sure.

[browningautorifle]

Agreed. Otherwise the salts will get into the inside and maybe stay causing bleed after.

[Whitey_Vic]

Thanks guys, is there somewhere on the forum to show me how to do this? sorry for being a pain. Id rather ask first than stuff it up.

Cheers

[Peter Laidler]

Unscrew the bolt head and remove the extractor screw, extractor and spring. Simlicity itself
Remove screw from rear of cocking piece
Make special tool shown in 'home made tooling for your Lee Enfield' thread and unscrew striker. Remove striker and spring
Make sure you note the exact position of the rear of the striker in relation to the rear of the cocking piece so that it goes back in the same relative position.

Easy as that.......

[enfield303t]

Unscrew the bolt head and remove the extractor screw, extractor and spring. Simlicity itself
Remove screw from rear of cocking piece
Make special tool shown in 'home made tooling for your Lee Enfield' thread and unscrew striker. Remove striker and spring
Make sure you note the exact position of the rear of the striker in relation to the rear of the cocking piece so that it goes back in the same relative position.

Easy as that.......

[Whitey_Vic]

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Hi guys this hopefully is a picture of my favourite rifle, this was before I blued any of it. After reading Bruce of Oz post Im now thinking of not doing it and just enjoy it the way it is. It looks much better now than in the photo, ill see if I can take a finished photo. Big Duke im not sure what the bluing stuff is called, I think it might be pitric acid, I think. It come in a bottle, to do your self but im sure it wouldn't be as good as what the professionals use.