waffen marked high power

[madrad62]

a friend of mine recently received a waffen marked hi power,the thing sat in grandpa's attic wrapped in a towel.it has a lot of surface rust on top of what used to be factory looking blue. he wants to know if he should strip and reblue or leave as is.or how to stop the rust? I know that rust never sleeps but refinish decreases value.

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[Bob K]

0000 steel wool and oil should do the trick.

[WarPig1976]

0000 steel wool and oil should do the trick.

Normally I would concur but being it's an SS marked Hi power, "pictures needed" and possibly very valuable perhaps giving Electrolysis a shot would be more prudent.

I know I speak for everyone,, A good photo montage would be outstanding...

Edit> I just realized you may mean waffenamt marked! I saw waffen and my brain read SS...

[browningautorifle]

I had one of these years ago. They vary in value because they may have been lying on the assembly line or finished in store when seized, which makes them a better gun than the ones made under slave labour. Slave labour guns can be rough to say the least, dangerous to shoot to say the most. Fact is, most that were going to break probably have but you can't be sure. Yes, we need pics to see what you have. Personally, I'd remove the surface rust and see...but that's just me.

[jonnyc]

HPs were made in Belgium by generally well-paid, highly-skilled workers. They were not "slave labor" guns as were some firearms produced in Central or Eastern Europe, in factories that were tied to adjacent concentration camps.

[madrad62]

I havnt learned how to do pictures yet. if the general concensus is clean the crap off,then that's what I will suggest.i have seen a electric set up that seems to be satisfactory to me,although its not my decision. according to my books its the second variation [wa140,and waffle chicken] numbers match.the rust does not seem deep,just all over.if you have seen a firearm stored for a long time and had mice **** all over it,then you know what im talking about.
thank you for the help fellas. madrad.

[browningautorifle]

They were not "slave labor" guns

Interesting, I had one that was in nice shape, I've seen many that were terrible finish. No polishing whatsoever. I had been told about 40 years ago and many times since that these were made under slave labour. Now I have someone saying it ain't so...tell me more...

[CINDERS]

Use stainless steel pads the ones that look like a bad hair day for a spring!(no soap ones either) and wd-40 or rp-7 if you use ordinary steel wool you can rip off the bluing if you need to try it on a section not seen, I have used this on 303 mags and receivers, brls, sights and it does not affect the bluing this was taught to me by a WWII armourer who set up the cannons and proof tested them on Rottnest Isl in W.A

[jonnyc]

Brass wool is even better, if you can find it.

[WarPig1976]

Brass wool is even better, if you can find it.

I can get it.!! The corner stores in the city sell it.... The crackheads use it as a filter on their crack pipe... Honest to god....

I was under the same impression as BR. Paid or not why wouldn't you do a crap job when making anything for an occupying force? Makes sense to me, Then again I never looked into it.