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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    It's more like an individual issue. Didn't they take care of their rifles completely...doesn't look like it nor do the other examples I've seen.
    My cleaning process:

    1. Foaming bore cleaner (1+ hrs.)
    2. Nylon bore brush placed in breech end, pulled from muzzle end; one direction only (5+ passes)
    3. Dry Cleaning Pads pushed through from breech end (10-15 pads)
    4. Oiled pad(s) pushed through from breech end (1-2 pads)

    The "blue" picture above is AFTER repeating this process 3 times throughout the course of the evening. I finally gave up and went to bed.
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    I have cleaned up half dozen older milsurps that found their way here. Not sure which foaming bore cleaner you are using - I use WipeOut, and let it soak overnight - then three dry patches. For first couple cycles, I then dribble some gel cleaning stuff - RB17 it is called - onto a bronze bore brush and do 25 all the way through and all the way back strokes - then three more dry patches - then a shot of that WipeOut and let soak for next 12 hours. My own record was my father-in-law's M1917 sporter that he readily admitted he had never cleaned the bore - ever since he got it in the 1960's. That one was 8 days - so 16 cycles - before I got a wet, but clean patch out it. Sometimes it would go brown or grey - thinking I had finally got rid of bullet jacket - then in two or three more cycles the "blue" colour on the patches would be back - as if going through layers of fouling in there.

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    This LB was received in a bubba-fied condition requiring a replacement stock set. The NOS parts are: birch buttstock, beech forend and handguards. The beech handguards had been treated with what looked and smelled like creosote. I stripped and bleached all the wood and recolored it with dye and stain. The blotchy appearance was deliberate and meant to simulate aging and discoloration from normal use. Even after bleaching, the darkest piece will be the benchmark for coloring the remaining pieces.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterChief View Post
    This LB was received in a bubba-fied condition requiring a replacement stock set. The NOS parts are: birch buttstock, beech forend and handguards. The beech handguards had been treated with what looked and smelled like creosote. I stripped and bleached all the wood and recolored it with dye and stain. The blotchy appearance was deliberate and meant to simulate aging and discoloration from normal use. Even after bleaching, the darkest piece will be the benchmark for coloring the remaining pieces.
    https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2/xlarge-1.jpg
    That turned out beautiful. Since a "bubba" project can never be returned to "original" all-matching condition, I find that they are excellent candidates for building a fully restored and beautiful example of what the rifle should have been such as yours. Thank you for saving another "bubba" victim!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterChief View Post
    This LB was received in a bubba-fied condition requiring a replacement stock set. The NOS parts are: birch buttstock, beech forend and handguards. The beech handguards had been treated with what looked and smelled like creosote. I stripped and bleached all the wood and recolored it with dye and stain. The blotchy appearance was deliberate and meant to simulate aging and discoloration from normal use. Even after bleaching, the darkest piece will be the benchmark for coloring the remaining pieces.
    That looks beautiful MC. What did you use to refinish the metal?

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    The metal had been Suncorited anew during FTR in 1948 and was still in good condition. The NOS replacement bands and swivel were in like-new condition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterChief View Post
    like-new condition.
    Nice rifle M.C...
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