Martini Enfield MkI

[Son]

I picked up a nice Martini Enfield last week, 1896 conversion ME I from an 1880 Enfield made Martini Henry MkIII.
All matching numbers. Metalwork has about 80%+ blue remaining, some surface rust which should clean off. Woodwork is very good, not many dings and scrapes, no major cracks found either. Butt markings very nice. Vic Gov marked.
Bore looks a little worn, but fairly sharp and shiny with no pitting.

My Martini ignorance has already been demonstrated- I'm told the cocking indicator is installed 90 deg out.
I stripped it down for cleaning on the weekend. Is there anything prettier than an Enfield blue job over a hundred years old? There are a couple small spots of pitting mainly on the wood line along the barrel, but other than that perfect! No stripped pics yet, but here's the ones I took on pick-up. Apologies for the quality of the full length pics, using a flash made it look too red....

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[TheDoubleD]

Very nice, how is the bore...yes cocking indicator is in wrong. In fired position it should point straight up.

To clean the wood rub it down with boiled linseed oil. Put a thick wet coat of oil on the wood and rub it in hard with the heal of your bare hand. Rub hard enough to feel heat. Rub all over and evenly. Let it sit for about 15 minutes, then rub the stock dry with an old t-shirt. Repeat the process every day for a week. Every time you clean the gun repeat the process.

For the metal use 0000 steel wool or bronze wool if you can get it and with oil clean the metal. Don't scrub or scour the metal you will damage the patina. You are just trying to remove the hardened grease and loose rust.