Charger Loading Long Lees Finished with Suncorite

[Simon P]

I have just picked up several Long Lees that have been finished in Suncorite. I Assume it is Suncorite as nothing will remove it including heat, industrial paint stripper etc.

They have been typically deactivated to museum standard with broken firing pins & plugged bolt heads.

Just wondered if this is common for regimental museums to paint their exhibits with Suncorite.

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[Roger Payne]

Simon,
If you want to get the finish off & it is indeed suncorite, then meths will usually do the job, though you may need to give it a good soaking.

ATB

[Peter Laidler]

If it's been oven baked and the something or other within the formula has cured, it's a pig of a job to remove

[Thunderbox]

I think suncorite arrived long after any possible service use of the Long Lee. Possibly a friendly armourer has tarted up the rifles for display. Do they look like they've been phosphated? Plenty of South African Long Lees are turning up with phosphate finish (as with the No1s) or horrible deep shiny bluing.

[Simon P]

Finally removed Suncorite from one of the actions, tried Nitromors as along shot, it finally worked, but it takes along time, needed a steel brush to keep agitating the paint stripper to soften the paint, it took about 3 hours in total for one action.

There was no phosphating either, just the original finish which has come up really well.

I also tried soaking in methylated spirits for 24 hours with no effect.

As these are ex-museum guns, who ever applied the suncorite done a bloody good job